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HistoryOct 01, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

XAMPP 1.8.1 Local Write Access Vulnerability

2013-10-0100:00:00
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INTERNET SECURITY AUDITORS ALERT 2013-007

  • Original release date: March 14th, 2013
  • Last revised: March 19th, 2013
  • Discovered by: Manuel Garcia Cardenas
  • Severity: 6,8/10 (CVSS Base Score)
  • CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2586
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I. VULNERABILITY

XAMPP 1.8.1 Local Write Access Vulnerability

II. BACKGROUND

XAMPP is a free and open source cross-platform web server solution stack
package, consisting mainly of the Apache HTTP Server, MySQL database, and

interpreters for scripts written in the PHP and Perl programming languages.

III. DESCRIPTION

It has been detected than an unprivileged user can write in the local
disk and the local file "lang.tmp" can be modified in the remote machine.

The injection is done through the page "/xampp/lang.php".

IV. PROOF OF CONCEPT

Malicious Request

http://vulnerablesite.com/xampp/lang.php?WriteIntoLocalDisk

And next, if we access to the file:

http://vulnerablesite.com/xampp/lang.tmp

We can verify that the file was modified.

V. BUSINESS IMPACT

An attacker can execute arbitrary HTML or script code in a targeted
user's browser, this can leverage to steal sensitive information as user
credentials,

personal data, etc.

VI. SYSTEMS AFFECTED

XAMPP 1.8.1

VII. SOLUTION

All data received by the application that can be modified by the user
must be validated.

VIII. REFERENCES

http://www.apachefriends.org
http://www.isecauditors.com

IX. CREDITS

This vulnerability has been discovered
by Manuel Garcia Cardenas (mgarcia (at) isecauditors (dot) com).

X. REVISION HISTORY

March 14, 2013: Initial release
September 26, 2013: Final release

XI. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE

March 14, 2013: Vulnerability acquired by Internet Security
Auditors (www.isecauditors.com).
March 16, 2013: CVE-ID received.
March 18, 2013: Sent to Development Manager.
August 30, 2013: New version that includes patched code.
September 26, 2013: Sent to lists.

XII. LEGAL NOTICES

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no warranties or guarantees of fitness of use or otherwise. Internet
Security

Auditors accepts no responsibility for any damage caused by the use or
misuse of this information.

XIII. ABOUT

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testing, network security, penetration testing, security compliance
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