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A vulnerability has been found in Somery 0.4.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file install.php of the component Installation. The manipulation of the argument skindir leads to file inclusion. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-0704. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Somery 0.4.6. Affected is some unknown processing of the file install.php of the component Installation. The manipulation of the argument skindir with an unknown input leads to a file inclusion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-73. The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in install.php in Somery 0.4.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the skindir parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-4669. NOTE: the documentation says to remove install.php after installation.

The weakness was shared 02/01/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at attrition.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-0704 since 02/03/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by basher13 and been published before and not just after the advisory. 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 146 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:install.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 Exploit-DB (2329) and OSVDB (33608†). The entry VDB-32190 is related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Somery

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• 0.4.6

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