Secure Reality PHPSecurePages up to 0.28 Beta secure.php cfgProgDir memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Secure Reality PHPSecurePages and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file secure.php. This manipulation of the argument cfgProgDir causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-2251. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Secure Reality PHPSecurePages. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file secure.php. The manipulation of the argument cfgProgDir with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in secure.php in PHPSecurePages (phpSP) 0.28beta and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the cfgProgDir parameter, a variant of CVE-2001-1468.

The bug was discovered 10/08/2002. The weakness was disclosed 07/13/2005 by Status-x (Website). The advisory is shared at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2251 since 07/13/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit 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 1006 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:secure.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18659 (phpSecurePages cfgProgDir Variable File Include Vulnerabilities), 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.

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 (6774), Exploit-DB (2452), Tenable (18659), SecurityFocus (BID 14201†) and OSVDB (17783†). The entry VDB-16362 is pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 18659
Nessus Name: phpSecurePages cfgProgDir Variable File Include Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: Status-x
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2251 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2251
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25777
X-Force: 6774
SecurityFocus: 14201 - PHPSecurePages cfpProgDir File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 15994 - phpSecurePages "cfgProgDir" File Inclusion Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 17783 - PHPSecurePages - cfpProgDir File Include Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1014410
Vulnerability Center: 8609 - File Include Vulnerability in phpSecurePages via cfpProgDir, High

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

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/25/2024 11:31
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (80), 06/07/2019 09:06 (7), 07/25/2024 11:31 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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