Artmedic Webdesign artmedic newsletter 4.1 log.php logfile privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Artmedic Webdesign artmedic newsletter 4.1. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the file log.php. The manipulation of the argument logfile leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-2608. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Artmedic Webdesign artmedic newsletter 4.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the file log.php. The manipulation of the argument logfile with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

artmedic newsletter 4.1 and possibly other versions, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary files and execute arbitrary PHP code via the logfile parameter in a direct request to log.php, which causes the $logfile variable to be redefined to an attacker-controlled value, as demonstrated by injecting PHP code into info.php.

The weakness was presented 05/25/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2608 since 05/25/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:log.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 (26597), Exploit-DB (27900), SecurityFocus (BID 18047†) and Secunia (SA20204†). See VDB-30444 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2608 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2608
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30443
X-Force: 26597 - Artmedic Newsletter log.php PHP code execution
SecurityFocus: 18047 - Artmedic Newsletter Log.PHP Remote Script Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 20204 - artmedic newsletter "log.php" PHP Code Injection Vulnerability, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-1930

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/06/2025 22:02
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (55), 09/10/2017 10:40 (8), 07/06/2025 22:02 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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