Kreotek phpBMS 0.96 Error Message footer.php information disclosure

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A vulnerability has been found in Kreotek phpBMS 0.96 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the file footer.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-3756. In addition, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Kreotek phpBMS 0.96. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the file footer.php of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

phpBMS 0.96 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to (1) footer.php, (2) header.php, (3) the show action in advancedsearch.php, and (4) choicelist.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

The weakness was presented 10/22/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3756 since 10/22/2009. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by eLwaux 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 104 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:footer.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 (51652) and Exploit-DB (9101). See VDB-50542 and VDB-50541 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Kreotek

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• phpBMS

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• 0.96

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