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Joomla Colophon Component File Inclusion Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21288
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Release Date:
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2006-07-31
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Last Update:
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2006-08-30
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Colophon 1.x (component for Joomla)
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3969 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Drago84 has discovered a vulnerability in the Colophon component for Joomla, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "mosConfig_absolute_path" parameter in administrator/components/com_colophon/admin.colophon.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external resources.
Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.1 and reported in version 1.2. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 1.3.1.
http://forge.joomla.org/sf/frs/do/listReleases/projects.badwords2/frs.colophon
Provided and/or discovered by:
Drago84
Changelog:
2006-08-03: Added CVE reference.
2006-08-30: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2085
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