Paul M. Jones Phorecast 0.40 HTTP Request includedir privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Paul M. Jones Phorecast 0.40. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument includedir with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Phorecast PHP script before 0.40 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files from remote web sites via an HTTP request that sets the includedir variable.

The weakness was published 10/02/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1049. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 0.40 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (7215). Similar entries are available at 17449, 17451, 17452 and 17453.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Phorecast 0.40
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Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2001-1049 (🔍)
X-Force: 7215
Vulnerability Center: 6644 - Code Execution in Paul M. Jones Phorecast 0.30 a via HTTP Request, High
SecurityFocus: 3388 - Paul M. Jones Phorecast Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1962 - Paul M. Jones - Phorecast - Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 15:12
Updated: 06/03/2019 14:48
Changes: 07/09/2014 15:12 (67), 06/03/2019 14:48 (2)
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