480 : DCForum dcboard.cgi Arbitrary Admin Account Creation
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Last Modified

8 months ago

Percent Complete

90%

Disclosure

May 15, 2001

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

May 15, 2001

Solution

Unknown

Description

DCForum contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to create an arbitrary administrative account. Due to a flaw in the process of creating a new user, proper sanitization is not applied to input. This allows an attacker to supply a pipe (|) and arbitrary text in the form of an additional user account, which will be added to the password file.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.25 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this
vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

DCScripts
Watch-list
DCForum 2000
Watch-list
1.0
6.0

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10583

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1410 817 818

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