PHP-Update 2.7 blog.php extract memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PHP-Update 2.7 (Programming Language Software). This affects the function extract of the file blog.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Variable overwrite vulnerability in blog.php in PHP-Update 2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary program variables and execute arbitrary PHP code via multiple vectors that use the extract function, as demonstrated by the (1) f, (2) newmessage, (3) newusername, (4) adminuser, and (5) permission parameters.

The bug was discovered 12/19/2006. The weakness was released 12/20/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6661 since 12/20/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:blog.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23927 (PHP-Update blog.php Variable Overwriting Arbitrary Code Execution), 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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31042), Tenable (23927) and Exploit-DB (2953).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 23927
Nessus Name: PHP-Update blog.php Variable Overwriting Arbitrary Code Execution
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6661 (🔍)
X-Force: 31042
Vulnerability Center: 13621 - PHP-Update 2.7 and Earlier blog.php Remote PHP Code Execution via Multiple Vectors, High
SecurityFocus: 21658
Secunia: 23407
OSVDB: 32360 - PHP-Update blog.php extract() code execution
Vupen: ADV-2006-5088

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

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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/12/2019 17:20
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (61), 07/12/2019 17:20 (11)
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