Phlatline Personal Information Manager up to 1.0 File Upload upload.php input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Phlatline Personal Information Manager up to 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file upload.php of the component File Upload. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-4428. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Phlatline Personal Information Manager up to 1.0. It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the file upload.php of the component File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in upload.php in Phlatline s Personal Information Manager (pPIM) 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a .php file, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the top-level directory.

The weakness was disclosed 10/03/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-4428 since 10/03/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/03/2024).

A public exploit has been developed by Stack and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 53 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:upload.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 (44390), Exploit-DB (6231), SecurityFocus (BID 30627†) and Secunia (SA31424†). The entries VDB-44331, VDB-44330 and VDB-44329 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Stack
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08/10/2008 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4428 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4428
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44332
X-Force: 44390 - pPIM upload.php file upload
SecurityFocus: 30627 - pPIM Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31424 - pPIM Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical

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

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/03/2024 06:47
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (53), 12/05/2017 08:10 (14), 11/03/2024 06:47 (17)
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