VDB-84517 · BID 19776 · SA21703

ezContents whatsnew.php GLOBALS[language_home] privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ezContents. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file whatsnew.php. This manipulation of the argument GLOBALS[language_home] causes privileges management. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ezContents (version now known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file whatsnew.php. The manipulation of the argument GLOBALS[language_home] with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 08/28/2006 by DarkFig (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:whatsnew.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 SecurityFocus (BID 19776†), OSVDB (28331†) and Secunia (SA21703†). The entries VDB-32041, VDB-32040, VDB-32039 and VDB-84508 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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08/28/2006 🔍
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08/30/2006 +1 days 🔍
08/31/2006 +1 days 🔍
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05/08/2016 +3537 days 🔍
11/24/2018 +930 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: DarkFig
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84517
SecurityFocus: 19776 - Visualshapers EzContents GLOBALS[rootdp] Parameter Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21703 - ezContents Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 28331 - ezContents whatsnew.php GLOBALS[language_home] Parameter Remote File Inclusion

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

Created: 05/08/2016 19:58
Updated: 11/24/2018 12:24
Changes: 05/08/2016 19:58 (50), 11/24/2018 12:24 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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