First published: Thu Jan 03 2013(Updated: )
Directory traversal vulnerability in the _do_attachment_move function in the AttachFile action (action/AttachFile.py) in MoinMoin 1.9.3 through 1.9.5 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a file name.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
pip/moin | >=1.9.3<1.9.6 | 1.9.6 |
MoinMoin | =1.9.3 | |
MoinMoin | =1.9.4 | |
MoinMoin | =1.9.5 |
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CVE-2012-6080 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to its potential for remote file overwrites.
To fix CVE-2012-6080, upgrade MoinMoin to version 1.9.6 or later.
CVE-2012-6080 affects MoinMoin versions 1.9.3, 1.9.4, and 1.9.5.
CVE-2012-6080 is a directory traversal vulnerability allowing unauthorized file access.
Yes, CVE-2012-6080 can be exploited remotely if an attacker manipulates file names to include directory traversal sequences.