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DirectContact
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Directory Traversal
22
CWE
Product Name: DirectContact
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: N/A
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
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2005

DirectContact Directory Traversal Vulnerability

DirectContact is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the affected application. Information obtained may aid attackers in further attacks.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to prevent directory traversal attacks.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16849/info

DirectContact is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input. 

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the affected application. Information obtained may aid attackers in further attacks.

The following proof of concept is available:

http://www.example.com:[port]/..\..\..\..\windows/system.ini

GET /../../../../../../windows/system.ini HTTP/1.1