Tincan PHPList up to 2.10.2 globals path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Tincan PHPList up to 2.10.2 (Mailing List Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument globals with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in PHPList 2.10.2 and earlier allows remote attackers include arbitrary local files via the (1) GLOBALS[database_module] or (2) GLOBALS[language_module] parameters, which overwrite the underlying $GLOBALS variable.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2006. The weakness was disclosed 04/12/2006 by rgod as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-1746 since 04/12/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21222 (phpList index.php database_module Parameter Local File Inclusion), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25701) and Tenable (21222).

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Nessus ID: 21222
Nessus Name: phpList index.php database_module Parameter Local File Inclusion
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Advisory: securityfocus.com
Researcher: rgod
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-1746 (🔍)
X-Force: 25701
SecurityTracker: 1015889
Vulnerability Center: 11132 - PHPList Local Files Include via Specially Crafted URL Request, High
SecurityFocus: 17429 - PHPList Index.PHP Local File Include Vulnerability
OSVDB: 24637 - PHPlist index.php file include
Vupen: ADV-2006-1296

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/16/2019 15:35
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (69), 06/16/2019 15:35 (11)
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