phpLDAPadmin welcome.php file include
| phpldapadmin-welcome-file-include (22103) |  Medium 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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