GuppY error.php code execution
| guppy-error-code-execution (31882) |  High Risk |
Description:
GuppY could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system caused by improper validation of input by the error.php script. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request using the REMOTE_ADDR and msg[x][0] variables to execute arbitrary PHP code on the system with the privileges of the 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: | 6.3 |
| Exploitability: | Functional |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of GuppY (4.6.5 or later), available from the GuppY Web site. See References.
References:
- GuppY Web site: GuppY - Download.
- GuppY Web site: GuppY.
- CVE-2007-0639: Multiple static code injection vulnerabilities in error.php in GuppY 4.5.16 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code into a .inc file in the data/ directory via (1) a REMOTE_ADDR cookie or (2) a cookie specifying an element of the msg array with an error number in the first dimension and 0 in the second dimension, as demonstrated by msg[999][0].
- SA23914: GuppY "error.php" Cookie Remote Code Execution
- SECTRACK ID: 1017569: GuppY Error Handling Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-0421: GuppY error.php Multiple Parameter Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- FreeGuppy GuppY 4.5.16 and prior
Reported:
Jan 29, 2007
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