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Mambo Coppermine Component File Inclusion Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA21539
Release Date: 2006-08-17
Last Update: 2006-08-25
Popularity: 10,154 views

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

Software:Coppermine 1.x (component for Mambo)

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Description:
k1tk4t has discovered a vulnerability in the Coppermine 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_cpg/cpg.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 1.0. Other versions may also be affected.

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