Mambo mosListMessenger Component File Inclusion
Secunia Advisory: SA21531
Release Date: 2006-08-17
Last Update: 2006-08-25
Popularity: 7,701 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:mosListMessenger (component for Mambo)

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-4229


Description:
Crackers_Child has reported a vulnerability in the mosListMessenger component for Mambo, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "mosConfig_absolute_path" parameter in components/com_lm/archive.php isn't properly verified, before it is used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from external and local resources.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Crackers_Child

Changelog:
2006-08-25: Added CVE reference.


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