Directory Existence Disclosure Vulnerability in IDS 0.81

CVE-2002-1837 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The getAlbumToDisplay function in idsShared.pm for Image Display System (IDS) 0.81 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary directories via ".." sequences in the album parameter, which generates different error messages depending on whether the directory exists or not.

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