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PHPDevShell Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27828
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Release Date:
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2007-11-28
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Last Update:
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2007-12-03
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Popularity:
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3,247 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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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: | PHPDevShell 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-6174
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in PHPDevShell, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when updating the user profile and can be exploited to gain "admin" privileges by sending a specially crafted request.
Successful exploitation requires valid user credentials.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 0.7.0.
Solution:
Update to version 0.7.0.
http://www.phpdevshell.org/node/113
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2007-12-03: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.phpdevshell.org/changelog
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