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Mambo PccookBook Component File Inclusion Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA21015
Release Date: 2006-07-11
Last Update: 2006-07-17
Popularity: 6,917 views

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

Software:PccookBook 1.x (component for Mambo)

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-3530


Description:
Ahmad Maulana has discovered a vulnerability in the PccookBook 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_pccookbook/pccookbook.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.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.3.1. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Set "register_globals" to "Off".

Provided and/or discovered by:
Ahmad Maulana

Changelog:
2006-07-17: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://advisories.echo.or.id/adv/adv37-matdhule-2006.txt


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