Description
An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is vulnerable to a NUL-terminated directory traversal attack allowing an unauthenticated attacker to access system files readable by the web server user (by using the viewAppletFsa.cgi seqID parameter).
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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DnaLIMS Directory Traversal
auxiliary/scanner/http/dnalims_file_retrieve
Exploit-DB 1
- dnaLIMS DNA Sequencing - Directory Traversal / Session Hijacking / Cross-Site Scripting EDB-41578 · webapps · Mar 10, 2017
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