Cromosoft Facil Helpdesk 2.3 Help index.php lng code injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Cromosoft Facil Helpdesk 2.3. This affects an unknown part of the file index.php of the component Help. Performing a manipulation of the argument lng results in code injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-4543. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Cromosoft Facil Helpdesk 2.3. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the file index.php of the component Help. The manipulation of the argument lng with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php in Cromosoft Technologies Facil Helpdesk 2.3 Lite allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the lng parameter. NOTE: this can also be leveraged to include and execute arbitrary local files via .. (dot dot) sequences.

The weakness was published 01/04/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-4543 since 01/04/2010. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 (52363), Exploit-DB (9396) and Secunia (SA36209†). Similar entry is available at VDB-51406. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Cromosoft

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• Facil Helpdesk

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• 2.3

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