Secunia Security Advisory - rgod has discovered two vulnerabilities in phpDocumentor, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
phpDocumentor File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18248
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18248/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
phpDocumentor 1.x
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DESCRIPTION:
rgod has discovered two vulnerabilities in phpDocumentor, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "FORUM[LIB]" parameter in
"Documentation/tests/bug-559668.php" and the "root_dir" parameter in
"docbuilder/file_dialog.php" isn't properly verified, before it is
used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary
files from external and local resources.
Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.
The vulnerabilities have been confirmed in versions 1.2.3 and
1.3.0rc4 (except for the "root_dir" parameter which only has been
confirmed in version 1.3.0rc4). Prior versions are reportedly also
affected. Other versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
Set "register_globals" to "Off".
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
rgod
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rgod.altervista.org/phpdocumentor_130rc4_incl_expl.html
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