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A vulnerability was found in phpforum 2.0 Rc1 (Forum Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file mainfile.php. The manipulation of the argument MAIN_PATH
with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
mainfile.php in phpforum 2 RC-1, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the MAIN_PATH parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.
The bug was discovered 07/10/2003. The weakness was disclosed 08/18/2003 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0559 since 07/14/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 39 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:mainfile.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14795 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : webmin (MDKSA-2004:101)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12581) and Tenable (14795).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 14795
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : webmin (MDKSA-2004:101)
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Sources
Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2003-0559 (🔍)
X-Force: 12581
Vulnerability Center: 15131 - phpforum Code Execution via the MAIN_PATH Parameter, High
SecurityFocus: 8158 - PHPForum Mainfile.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
OSVDB: 6315 - CVE-2003-0559 - PHPForum - File-inclusion Issue
Entry
Created: 08/15/2014 00:12Updated: 06/29/2021 07:55
Changes: 08/15/2014 00:12 (66), 07/19/2019 10:50 (7), 06/29/2021 07:55 (3)
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