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phpMyDesktop|arcade Local File Inclusion and Script Insertion
Secunia Advisory: SA20373
Release Date: 2006-05-31
Last Update: 2006-06-23
Popularity: 4,454 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
System access
Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:phpMyDesktop|arcade 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2747
CVE-2006-3106


Description:
darkgod has discovered two vulnerabilities in phpMyDesktop|arcade, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks, disclose sensitive information, and compromise a vulnerable system.

1) Input passed to the "subsite" parameter in index.php isn't properly verified, before it is used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local resources.

Example:
http://[host]/index.php?todo=showsubsite&subsite=[file]%00

This can further be exploited to include arbitrary PHP code injected into uploaded images.

Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is disabled.

2) The problem is that it is possible to upload images with arbitrary content to a location inside the web root when posting. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

Successful exploitation requires the malicious image is viewed directly with the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

The vulnerabilities have been confirmed in version 1.0. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
darkgod

Changelog:
2006-06-07: Added CVE reference.
2006-06-23: Added CVE reference.


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