PHP Outburst Easynews 4.4.1 admin.php en_login_id memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP Outburst Easynews 4.4.1. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file admin.php. Such manipulation of the argument en_login_id leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5412. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP Outburst Easynews 4.4.1 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file admin.php. The manipulation of the argument en_login_id 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:

admin.php in PHP Outburst Easynews 4.4.1 and earlier, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, and gain the ability to execute arbitrary code, via the en_login_id parameter.

The weakness was shared 10/20/2006 by nuffsaid (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5412 since 10/19/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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 by nuffsaid and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available 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 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:admin.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 (29656), Exploit-DB (2588), SecurityFocus (BID 20596†) and Secunia (SA22466†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

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
Author: nuffsaid
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: nuffsaid
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5412 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5412
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32864
X-Force: 29656 - Easynews admin.php authentication bypass
SecurityFocus: 20596 - PHP Outburst Easynews Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 22466
Vupen: ADV-2006-4085

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/25/2026 02:01
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (58), 08/06/2018 07:28 (8), 07/30/2024 07:55 (22), 04/25/2026 02:01 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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