Arbitrary file creation
Arbitrary file creation
Published on 2008-05-21. Updated on 2009-04-22.
Description:
This script is possibly vulnerable to arbitrary file creation.
This issue allows an attacker to influence calls to functions which create files/directories and create arbitrary files. Due to a lack of input validation, an attacker can supply directory traversal sequences followed by an arbitrary file name to create specific files.
Impact:
This vulnerability allows attackers to create arbitrary files.
Recommendation:
Your script should filter metacharacters from user input.
Alert Tags: arbitrary_file_creation
ApplicableApplicationServer : All
ApplicableOS: All
ApplicableWebServer: All
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