Dolphin shoutbox.php dir[inc] privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Dolphin. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file shoutbox.php. Such manipulation of the argument dir[inc] leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4189. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Dolphin (Social Network Software) (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file shoutbox.php. The manipulation of the argument dir[inc] with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 08/14/2006 by Charles Nelwan a.k.a Cmaster4 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4189. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:shoutbox.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28363), SecurityFocus (BID 19648†), OSVDB (28521†), Secunia (SA21535†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016692†). The entries VDB-31825, VDB-84543, VDB-84544 and VDB-84545 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

08/14/2006 🔍
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05/16/2025 +3295 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: Charles Nelwan a.k.a Cmaster4
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-4189 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4189
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84572
X-Force: 28363 - Dolphin dir[inc] parameter file include
SecurityFocus: 19648
Secunia: 21535
OSVDB: 28521 - Dolphin shoutbox.php dir[inc] Parameter Remote File Inclusion
SecurityTracker: 1016692

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

Created: 05/08/2016 19:59
Updated: 05/16/2025 19:44
Changes: 05/08/2016 19:59 (54), 06/07/2017 14:51 (2), 08/04/2022 07:39 (3), 05/16/2025 19:44 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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