Re: Mrtg Path Disclosure Vulnerability

From: Barney Wolff (barneyat_private)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2002 - 09:05:59 PST

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    Unless I'm terribly confused, mrtg only generates files and runs off
    cron, not as a cgi.  So you're dealing with something other than mrtg
    itself.  Also, the current version is 2.9.18pre1.
    
    Barney Wolff
    
    On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 02:18:54AM +0200, Tamer Sahin wrote:
    > 
    > Summary:
    > If an attacker submits a web request containing unexpected arguments
    > for script variables, an error message will be displayed containing
    > the path to the webroot directory of the server running the Mrtg cgi
    > script.
    > 
    > http://host/mrtg.cgi?cfg=blabla
    > 
    > Tested:
    > Mrtg v2.090011
    > Mrtg v2.090006
    > 
    > Vulnerable:
    > Mrtg v2.090011
    > Mrtg v2.090006
    > 
    > And may be other.
    



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