Secunia Security Advisory - dun has reported a vulnerability in OpenElec, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
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TITLE:
OpenElec "obj" File Inclusion Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31953
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31953/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
OpenElec 3.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19958/
DESCRIPTION:
dun has reported a vulnerability in OpenElec, which can be exploited
by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
Input passed via the "obj" parameter in scr/form.php is not properly
verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to
include arbitrary files from local resources.
Successful exploitation requires that "magic_quotes_gpc" is
disabled.
The vulnerability is reported in version 3.01. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
dun
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/6530
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