OSTE 1.0 index.php page memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in OSTE 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument page leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-3558. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OSTE 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument page 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. The summary by CVE is:

PHP file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in OSTE 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) page and (2) site parameters.

The weakness was released 11/07/2005 by khc (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3558 since 11/16/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:index.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 (23023), Exploit-DB (26476), SecurityFocus (BID 15340†), OSVDB (20578†) and Secunia (SA17493†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Researcher: khc
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3558 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3558
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26891
X-Force: 23023 - OSTE index.php script allows file include
SecurityFocus: 15340
Secunia: 17493 - OSTE File Inclusion Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 20578 - OSTE index.php page Parameter Remote File Inclusion
SecurityTracker: 1015163
Vupen: ADV-2005-2347

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 09/10/2025 06:40
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (58), 07/13/2018 08:03 (8), 09/10/2025 06:40 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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