3396 : PHP mylog.html screen Parameter Arbitrary File Access
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
15	941	over 8 years ago	over 3 years ago	1 times	75%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
1997-10-19	1997-10-19

Description

PHP/FI contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to view arbitray files. The issue is due to the "mylog.html" sample script not sanitizing input passed to the "screen" variable. By supplying a fully qualified path and filename, the script will return the contents of the file.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this
vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

PHP Group	PHP/FI	1.0
		2.0

References

ISS X-Force ID: 1468
CVE ID: 1999-0068 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 713
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1997_4/0097.html

Tools & Filters

Nikto	3057 3058 3059 3060 3061 3062 3063 3064 3065
	15708

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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