Mambo connector.php denial of service
| mambo-connector-dos (39986) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Mambo is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper validation of the connector.php script when the MOStlyCE component is enabled and the UserFiles.zip file is extracted by the administrator. By sending a specially-crafted request to the connector.php script, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files and crash the vulnerable application.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.6 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.1 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jan 28 2008 - 07:47:22 CST : Mambo 4.6.3 Path Disclosure, XSS , XSRF, DOS.
- Mambo Web site: Mambo.
- BID-27472: Mambo MOStlyCE Module Image Manager Utility Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-7215: The Image Manager in MOStlyCE before 2.4, as used in Mambo 4.6.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to rename arbitrary files and cause a denial of service via modified file[NewFile][name], file[NewFile][tmp_name], and file[NewFile][size] parameters in a FileUpload command, which are used to modify equivalent variables in $_FILES that are accessed when the is_uploaded_file check fails.
- SA28670: Mambo Multiple Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-0325: Mambo Multiple Security Bypass and Data Manipulation Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Mambo Mambo 4.6.3
Reported:
Jan 28, 2008
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