phpLDAPadmin welcome.php file include

phpldapadmin-welcome-file-include (22103) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

phpLDAPadmin could allow a remote attacker to include malicious PHP files. If register_globals is enabled, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the welcome.php script using the custom_welcome_page parameter to specify a malicious file from a local or remote resource which would allow the attacker to view arbitrary files or execute code on the vulnerable system.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 3.5
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: None
 
Temporal Score: 3
  Exploitability: High
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of phpLDAPadmin (0.9.7/alpha6 or later), available from the SourceForge.net Web site. See References.

References:

  • CIAC INFORMATION BULLETIN P-294: phpldapadmin.
  • SourceForge.net: Project: phpLDAPadmin: Summary.
  • BID-14695: PHPLDAPAdmin Welcome.PHP Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2005-2792: Directory traversal vulnerability in welcome.php in phpLDAPadmin 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the custom_welcome_page parameter.
  • CVE-2005-2793: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in welcome.php in phpLDAPadmin 0.9.6 and 0.9.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the custom_welcome_page parameter.
  • MDKSA-2005:212: Updated egroupware packages to address phpldapadmin
  • SA16617: phpLDAPadmin welcome.php Arbitrary File Inclusion

Platforms Affected:

  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
  • phpLDAPadmin phpLDAPadmin 0.9.6c
  • phpLDAPadmin phpLDAPadmin 0.9.7 alpha5

Reported:

Aug 30, 2005

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