A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PHPLibrary (Software Library) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file lib/sqlcompose.lib.php. The manipulation of the argument lib_dir with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The software 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 10/10/2006 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5472. 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 exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:lib/sqlcompose.lib.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 (29490) and Exploit-DB (2520). Similar entries are available at 32914 and 84711.

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