Michael J Greenwood PHP Content Manager 0.3.2 content_path path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Michael J Greenwood PHP Content Manager 0.3.2. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation of the argument content_path causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3824. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Michael J Greenwood PHP Content Manager 0.3.2 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument content_path with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in include/processor.php in Greenwood PHP Content Manager 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the content_path parameter.

The weakness was shared 10/28/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-3824 since 10/28/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Khashayar Fereidani 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 proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 105 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (51737) and Exploit-DB (9156). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Khashayar Fereidani
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07/15/2009 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-3824 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3824
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50629
X-Force: 51737 - Greenwood Content Manager processor.php file include

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 12/04/2024 17:16
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (45), 12/21/2017 10:41 (13), 12/04/2024 17:16 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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