Secunia Security Advisory - Ghost Hacker has discovered a vulnerability in HIOX Random Ad, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information and compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
HIOX Random Ad "hm" File Inclusion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31300
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31300/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information,
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
HIOX Random Ad 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/19399/
DESCRIPTION:
Ghost Hacker has discovered a vulnerability in HIOX Random Ad, which
can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive
information and compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "hm" parameter in hioxRandomAd.php is not
properly verified before being used to include files. This can be
exploited to include arbitrary files from local or external
resources.
Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.3. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ghost Hacker
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6161
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