Secunia Research: Quicksilver Forums Backup Information Disclosure

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                 Secunia Research 17/03/2010

     - Quicksilver Forums Backup Information Disclosure -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Vendor's Description of Software…3
Description of Vulnerability…4
Solution…5
Time Table…6
Credits…7
References…8
About Secunia…9
Verification…10

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1) Affected Software

• Quicksilver Forums 1.4.2
• PowerDNS Administrator 1.1.8
• QSF Portal 1.4.5

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"Quicksilver Forums is a fast, secure, powerful PHP/MySQL based forum
script.".

Product Link:
http://www.quicksilverforums.com/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a security issue in Quicksilver
Forums, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose
potentially sensitive information.

The database backup functionality stores the database backup with a
semi-predictable file name inside the web root. This can be exploited
to download the backup by guessing the file name.

NOTE: Additionally, database backup files are changed to world read-
and writable access permissions.

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5) Solution

Do not use the database backup functionality. Restrict access to
existing backup files.

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6) Time Table

24/02/2010 - Vendor of QSF Portal and PowerDNS Administrator notified.
04/03/2010 - Vendor of QSF Portal and PowerDNS Administrator notified
again.
10/03/2010 - Vendor of Quicksilver Forums notified.
12/03/2010 - Vendor of Quicksilver Forums responds.
17/03/2010 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has not yet
assigned a CVE identifier for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-39/

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