Adnforum 1.0b index.php access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adnforum 1.0b. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-6001. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adnforum 1.0b (Forum Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

index.php in ADN Forum 1.0b and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain sysop access via a fpusuario cookie composed of an initial sysop: string, an arbitrary password field, and a final :sysop:0 string.

The weakness was published 01/28/2009 by Pepelux (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-6001 since 01/28/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Pepelux 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 126 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:index.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 (45400), Exploit-DB (6557), SecurityFocus (BID 31383†) and Secunia (SA18300†). Similar entries are available at VDB-28234, VDB-28233 and VDB-83449. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Forum Software

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• Adnforum

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• 1.0b

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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