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GROUP-E Collaboration Software head_auth.php Remote File Inclusion

Secunia Advisory: SA29134  
Release Date: 2008-03-04
Last Update: 2008-03-05

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

Software:GROUP-E Collaboration Software 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1074 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
CraCkEr has reported a vulnerability in GROUP-E Collaboration Software, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "CFG[PREPEND_FILE]" parameter in www/lib/head_auth.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local or remote resources.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.6.41. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 1.6.42-SECURITY-UPDATE.

Provided and/or discovered by:
CraCkEr

Changelog:
2008-03-05: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=196032

CraCkEr:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5197



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