REMLAB Web Mech Designer 2.0.5 Path Disclosure Vulnerability
Current status
This advisory describes a vulnerability from 2006. It is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and there is no active remediation deadline. The page is kept online because other security databases link to it.
CVE reference CVE-2006-5896
In KEV catalog no
Affected software REMLAB Web Mech Designer 2.0.5
Captured from netvigilance.com
Original document
Reproduced as it was published, including the advisory numbering, scoring and the disclosure timeline used at the time.
Description: REMLAB is a fully functional cross-platform web-based Battlemech designer for the tactical board game Battletech. REMLAB is built entirely on HTML, PHP, and JavaScript with AJAX functionality. The vulnerability exists in calculate.php script which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an HTTP request to calculate.php that contains wrong value in Tonnage parameter. This causes the information to be leaked in an error message. External References: Mitre CVE: CVE-2006-5896 NVD NIST: CVE-2006-5896 OSVDB: 30264 Summary: REMLAB is a fully functional cross-platform web-based Battlemech designer for the tactical board game Battletech. A security problem in the product allows attackers to gather the true path of the server-side script. Release Date: November 27 2006 Severity: Risk: Low CVSS Metrics Access Vector: Remote Access Complexity: Low Authentication: not-required Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: None Impact Bias: Normal CVSS Base Score: 2.3 Target Distribution on Internet: Low Exploitability: Functional Exploit Remediation Level: Workaround Report Confidence: Uncorroborated Vulnerability Impact: Attack Host Impact: Path disclosure. SecureScout Testcase ID: TC 17937 Vulnerable Systems: REMLAB Web Mech Designer 2.0.5 Vulnerability Type: Input Validation error - The calculate.php script has a flaw which leads to a Warning. This is an input validation fault when the script is not testing the data passed. Vendor Status: The Vendor has been notified on November 14th 2006. But has not responded. There is no official patch at this time. Workaround: Disable warning messages: modify in the php.ini file the following line: display_errors = Off. Example: HTTP REQUEST http://[TARGET]/[REMLAB-directory]/include/calculate.php?Tonnage=%60 REPLY ... <b>Warning</b>: Division by zero in <b D:\WWWRoot\<username>\calculate.php</b> on line <b>438</b><br /> ,,0.00,,1,,2,,12,,12,,8,,8,,2,,2,,10,,0.0,,0.0 ... Credits: Jesper Jurcenoks Co-founder netVigilance, Inc www.netvigilance.com
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