Php Crawler 0.7.7 footer.php footer_file input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Php Crawler 0.7.7 (Programming Language Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file footer.php. The manipulation of the argument footer_file with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in footer.php in PHP-Crawler 0.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the footer_file parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 09/24/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4137 since 09/19/2008. 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 Piker and been published even before and not 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 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:footer.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 X-Force (45213), Exploit-DB (6475) and SecurityFocus (BID 31217†).

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Author: Piker
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4137 (🔍)
X-Force: 45213 - PHP-Crawler footer.php file include
SecurityFocus: 31217 - PHP Crawler 'footer.php' Remote File Include Vulnerability
Vupen: ADV-2008-2610

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 04:11 PM
Updated: 11/04/2024 07:31 AM
Changes: 03/17/2015 04:11 PM (50), 11/26/2017 04:46 PM (13), 11/04/2024 07:31 AM (22)
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Cache ID: 18:A98:40

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