Dark Hart Portal darkportal 0.1.16/0.1.17/0.1.18 HTTP Request includedir privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Dark Hart Portal darkportal 0.1.16/0.1.17/0.1.18. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HTTP Request Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument includedir can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2001-1051. No exploit exists. The application of restrictive firewalling is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Dark Hart Portal darkportal 0.1.16/0.1.17/0.1.18. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument includedir with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dark Hart Portal (darkportal) PHP script allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files from remote web sites via an HTTP request that sets the includedir variable.

The weakness was disclosed 10/02/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-1051. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10399 (Dark Hart Portal Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability).

Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7215), SecurityFocus (BID 3390†), OSVDB (13060†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6476†). The entries VDB-17449, VDB-17450, VDB-17451 and VDB-17453 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1051 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1051
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17452
X-Force: 7215
SecurityFocus: 3390 - Dark Hart Portal Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 13060 - Dark Hart Portal - Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 6476 - Dark Hart Portal DarkPortal-unix 0.1.16 - 0.1.18 Allows Code Execution via HTTP, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 15:15
Updated: 09/29/2025 12:18
Changes: 07/09/2014 15:15 (63), 06/03/2019 15:01 (2), 09/29/2025 12:18 (18)
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