mdeploy.php in Moodle through 2.5.9, 2.6.x before 2.6.9, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and 2.8.x before 2.8.4 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and extract archives to arbitrary directories via a crafted dataroot value.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2267
Reference (s):
- http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-49087
- https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=307381
- MLIST:[oss-security] 20150316 Moodle security issues are now public
- URL: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/16/1