Cedric Email Reader PHP file include
| cedric-email-file-include (11278) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Cedric Email Reader could allow a remote or local attacker to include malicious PHP files. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the email.php3 or email.php script that specifies the code.php script from a remote system as a parameter, which would allow the attacker to execute code on the vulnerable Web server.
If register_globals is enabled, an attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the emailreader_execute_on_each_page.inc.php script that specifies the code.php script from a remote system as a parameter, which would allow the attacker to execute code on the vulnerable Web server.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Feb 09 2003 - 04:05:59 CST: Cedric Email Reader (PHP) .
- BID-6818: Cedric Email Reader Skin Configuration Script Remote File Include Vulnerability
- BID-6820: Cedric Email Reader Global Configuration Script Remote File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2003-1410: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in email.php (aka email.php3) in Cedric Email Reader 0.2 and 0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the cer_skin parameter.
- CVE-2003-1411: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in emailreader_execute_on_each_page.inc.php in Cedric Email Reader 0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the emailreader_ini parameter.
- OSVDB ID: 5487: Cedric Email Reader email.php Arbitrary Command Execution
- OSVDB ID: 5900: Cedric Email Reader emailreader_execute_on_each_page.inc.php Arbitrary Command Execution
- SA8024: Cedric email reader execution of arbitrary code
Platforms Affected:
- Cedric Augustin Cedric Email Reader 0.2
- Cedric Augustin Cedric Email Reader 0.3
- Cedric Augustin Cedric Email Reader 0.4
Reported:
Feb 09, 2003
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