Ultimate PHP Board up to 2.0b1 Login username Remote Code Execution

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A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Ultimate PHP Board up to 2.0b1 (Forum Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Login. The manipulation of the argument username with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Direct static code injection vulnerability in chat/login.php in Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) 2.0b1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code via the username parameter, which is injected into chat/text.php.

The bug was discovered 12/24/2006. The weakness was published 12/27/2006 by nuffsaid (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-6790 since 12/27/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/13/2019).

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23966 (Ultimate PHP Board chat/login.php username Parameter Arbitrary Command 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 (31105) and Tenable (23966).

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Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 23966
Nessus Name: Ultimate PHP Board chat/login.php username Parameter Arbitrary Command Execution
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: nuffsaid
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6790 (🔍)
X-Force: 31105
Vulnerability Center: 13877 - Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) Code Injection Vulnerability in chat/login.php, High
SecurityFocus: 21760 - Ultimate PHP Board Username Parameter Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 36176 - Ultimate PHP Board - Username Parameter - Remote Code Execution Issue
Vupen: ADV-2006-5181

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/13/2019 11:39
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (59), 07/13/2019 11:39 (14)
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