Google Mini Search Applicance Path Disclosure

aushack.com - Vulnerability Advisory

Release Date:
22-Sep-2006

Software:
Google Inc - Google Mini Search Appliance
http://www.google.com.au/enterprise/mini/index.html

"The Google Mini delivers cost-effective, high-quality search for
your public website, intranet, and file servers, and you can be up
and running in less than an hour."

Versions affected:
4.4.102.M.36 and below.

Vulnerability discovered:

Reveal web server path.

Vulnerability impact:

Low - Web server path disclosure.

Vulnerability information:

User controlled 'client' value.

Example (lines may be wrapped):

http://mini.site.com.au/search?q=test&client=showmethepathalready

Would return the error:
"/export/hda3/4.4.102.M.36/local/conf/frontends/showmethepathalready
/domain_filter (No such file or directory)"

May be able to break out, but not yet found. Fuzz anyone?

References:
aushack.com advisory
http://www.aushack.com/advisories/200609-googlemini.txt

Credit:
Patrick Webster ( [email protected] )

Disclosure timeline:
22-Sep-2006 - Disclosure.

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