Directory traversal vulnerability in servlet/CreateTemplateServlet in SearchBlox before 7.5 build 1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the name parameter.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/592942 | third party advisory us government resource |
http://osvdb.org/96619 | vdb entry |
http://buddhalabs.com/Advisories/WebAdvisories.html | |
http://www.searchblox.com/developers-2/change-log |