TITLE:
ADOdb Insecure Test Scripts Security Issues

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17418

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17418/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of system information, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
ADOdb 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/6701/

DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered two security issues in ADOdb, which
can be exploited by malicious people to disclose system information,
execute arbitrary SQL code, and potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.

1) The problem is caused due to the presence of the insecure
"server.php" test script. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary
SQL code with full MySQL database privileges via the "sql"
parameter.

Example:
http://[victim]/server.php?sql=SELECT '[content]' INTO OUTFILE
'[file]'

This can further be exploited to create an arbitrary PHP script in a
directory inside the web root writable by the MySQL user.

Successful exploitation requires that the MySQL password for the root
user is empty and that the affected script is placed accessible inside
the web root.

2) The problem is caused due to the presence of the insecure
"tests/tmssql.php" test script. This can be exploited to call an
arbitrary PHP function via the "do" parameter.

Example:
http://[victim]/tests/tmssql.php?do=phpinfo

Successful exploitation requires that the affected script is placed
accessible inside the web root.

The security issues have been confirmed in versions 4.66 and 4.68 for
PHP. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.70 for PHP.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42718

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Andreas Sandblad, Secunia Research

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-64/advisory/

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