This vulnerability has been flagged as being a Myth/Fake.
Timeline
Disclosure Date
2006-08-17
Description
JIM for Joomla has been reported to contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is supposedly due to the index.php script not properly sanitizing user input supplied to the 'mosConfig_absolute_path' variable. This may allow an attacker to include a file from a remote host that contains arbitrary commands which will be executed by the vulnerable script.
Classification
Location:
Remote / Network Access
Attack Type:
Input Manipulation
Impact:
Loss of Integrity
Exploit:
Exploit Public
OSVDB:
Web Related,
Myth / Fake
Solution
The vulnerability reported is incorrect. No solution required.