bugtraq - Portcullis Security Advisory 05-006

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Message-ID: <78FA4E96C9E69341989E9416E06225DB2C9792@tgbex.otl.portcullis-security.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:46:26 -0000
From: "Paul J Docherty" <PJD@...tcullis-security.com>
To: <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Portcullis Security Advisory 05-006

Portcullis Security Advisory

Vulnerable System: 

Webseries Payment Application

Vulnerability Title:  

Directory & File Enumeration Via Reporting System

Vulnerability discovery and development: 

Portcullis Security Testing Services

Affected systems: 

Bottomline Webseries Payment Application 

Details:

By manipulating the values of certain variables used during report selection
it was possible enumerate the directory structure on the web server.

The BTInteractiveViewer.asp script combines the values of the "ReportPath"
and "ReportName" variables to determine the location of the selected report
template.

When a non-existent file is specified in the "ReportName" variable an error
message of "The system cannot find the file specified" is returned.

When a non-existent directory is specified in the "ReportPath" variable an
error message of "The system cannot find the path specified" is returned.

When the "ReportName" variable contains the name of a file that exists in
the directory specified in the "ReportPath" variable an error message of
"Unable to load report" is returned.

Impact:

An attacker can use the information obtained by this issue to gain a better
understanding of the structure of the underlying Filesystem of the web
server.   

Exploit:

Exploit code not required.

Copyright: 

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