DaZPHP DaZPHPNews 0.1-1 makepost.php prefixdir path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in DaZPHP DaZPHPNews 0.1-1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file makepost.php. The manipulation of the argument prefixdir leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1696. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in DaZPHP DaZPHPNews 0.1-1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the file makepost.php. The manipulation of the argument prefixdir with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in makepost.php in DaZPHPNews 0.1-1, when register_globals is enabled and magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the prefixdir parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 04/08/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1696 since 04/08/2008. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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 T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by w0cker and been published before and not just 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 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:makepost.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 (41608), Exploit-DB (5347), SecurityFocus (BID 28582†) and Secunia (SA29653†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: w0cker
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1696 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1696
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41867
X-Force: 41608 - DaZPHPNews makepost.php file include
SecurityFocus: 28582 - DaZPHP 'makepost.php' Local File Include Vulnerability
Secunia: 29653 - DaZPHPNews "prefixdir" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability, Moderately Critical

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 10/20/2024 10:07
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (52), 09/22/2018 08:58 (14), 10/20/2024 10:07 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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