Ikonboard 3.1.1/3.1.2a Cookie FUNC.pm lang memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ikonboard 3.1.1/3.1.2a. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file FUNC.pm of the component Cookie Handler. Such manipulation of the argument lang leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0770. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ikonboard 3.1.1/3.1.2a (Forum Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file FUNC.pm of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation of the argument lang with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product 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. CVE summarizes:

FUNC.pm in IkonBoard 3.1.2a and earlier, including 3.1.1, does not properly cleanse the "lang" cookie when it contains illegal characters, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when the cookie is inserted into a Perl "eval" statement.

The weakness was shared 09/22/2003 by Nick Cleaton as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0770 since 09/09/2003. 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.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11605 (Ikonboard FUNC.pm lang Cookie 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11184 (IkonBoard Lang Cookie Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability).

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 (11702), Exploit-DB (22499), Tenable (11605), SecurityFocus (BID 7361†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1866†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 11605
Nessus Name: Ikonboard FUNC.pm lang Cookie Arbitrary Command Execution
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04/15/2003 +104 days 🔍
05/08/2003 +23 days 🔍
09/01/2003 +116 days 🔍
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08/14/2014 +3979 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Nick Cleaton
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0770 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0770
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20834
X-Force: 11702
SecurityFocus: 7361 - IkonBoard Lang Cookie Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1866 - Ikonboard.cgi Enables Arbitrary Code Execution, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2014 01:02
Updated: 07/24/2025 05:10
Changes: 08/15/2014 01:02 (66), 05/12/2019 09:19 (7), 08/10/2024 05:53 (19), 07/24/2025 05:10 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:2B4:103

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