29302 : Comdev News Publisher include.php path[docroot] Parameter Remote File Inclusion
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Last Modified
9 months ago

Percent Complete
100%

Disclosure
Sep 27, 2006

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Sep 27, 2006

Solution
Unknown

Description

 Comdev News Publisher contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is due to include.php not properly sanitizing user input supplied to the 'path[docroot]' 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

Technical

 This vulnerability is only present when the register_globals PHP option is set to 'on'. This has not been the default setting for PHP installs since version 4.2.0 (22-Apr-2002).

Solution

 Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products
Comdev Software Sdn Bhd.
Watch-list
Comdev News Publisher
Watch-list
 3.1
4.1

References

Manual Testing Notes

Credit
  • rUnViRuS - stormhackerhotmail.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-10-03 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_1 Integrity_impact_1 Availability_impact_1

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