Dolphin index.php file include
| dolphin-index-file-include (29604) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Dolphin could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the index.php script using the "dir[inc]" parameter to specify a malicious file from a remote or the local system, which could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable Web server.
Note: In order to exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code using a local file, the attacker would first be required to upload a malicious file or inject arbitrary commands into an existing file.
Platforms Affected:
- BoonEx, Dolphin 5.2 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Oct 17 2006 - 21:49:06 CDT , Boonex Dolphin 5.2 Remote File Inclusion at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-10/0291.html.
- Dolphin Web site, Web Community Software at http://www.boonex.com/products/dolphin/.
- BID-20576: Boonex Dolphin Index.php Local File Include Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-5410: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in templates/tmpl_dfl/scripts/index.php in BoonEx Dolphin 5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the dir[inc] parameter. NOTE: it is possible that this issue overlaps CVE-2006-4189.
Reported:
Oct 16, 2006
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