Mambo Mambo Gallery Manager up to 0.95r2 help.mgm.php mosConfig_absolute_path code injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mambo Mambo Gallery Manager up to 0.95r2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file help.mgm.php. The manipulation of the argument mosConfig_absolute_path leads to code injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3980. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mambo Mambo Gallery Manager up to 0.95r2 (Photo Gallery Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the file help.mgm.php. The manipulation of the argument mosConfig_absolute_path with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in administrator/components/com_mgm/help.mgm.php in Mambo Gallery Manager (MGM) 0.95r2 and earlier for Mambo 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 07/28/2006 by CrAsh_oVeR_rIdE, black-code and MR-HCR (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3980 since 08/04/2006. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by A-S-T TEAM and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:help.mgm.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22049 (Mambo / Joomla! Component / Module 'mosConfig_absolute_path' Multiple Parameter Remote File Include Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

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 (28072), Exploit-DB (2084), Tenable (22049), SecurityFocus (BID 19224†) and OSVDB (27650†). The entries VDB-31638, VDB-31587, VDB-31585 and VDB-31510 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 22049
Nessus Name: Mambo / Joomla! Component / Module 'mosConfig_absolute_path' Multiple Parameter Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mambo-foundation.org

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: CrAsh_oVeR_rIdE, black-code, MR-HCR
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3980 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3980
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31637
X-Force: 28072
SecurityFocus: 19224 - Mambo Gallery Manager MosConfig_Absolute_Path Remote File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 21268
OSVDB: 27650 - MGM for Mambo help.mgm.php mosConfig_absolute_path Parameter Remote File Inclusion
Vulnerability Center: 12526 - Mambo Gallery Manager (MGM) PHP Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-3054

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 07/10/2024 03:42
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (67), 08/07/2017 13:00 (12), 07/13/2021 07:45 (3), 07/10/2024 03:42 (16)
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