23416 : NOCC footer.php nocc_theme Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2006-02-23	2006-02-23

Description

NOCC contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to retrieve arbitray files outside of the web path. The issue is due to the 'footer.php' script not properly sanitizing user input, specifically directory traversal style attacks (../../) supplied via the 'nocc_theme' variable(s).

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public
OSVDB: Web Related

Technical

This vulnerability is only present when the magic_quotes_gpc PHP option is 'on' and the register_globals PHP option is 'off'.

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

NOCC Development Team

NOCC

1.0

References

Security Tracker: 1015671
Bugtraq ID: 16793
Secunia Advisory ID: 16921
CVE ID: 2006-0891 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 23417 23418 23419 23420 23421 23422 23423 23424 23425 23426 23427
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-02/0418.html
Vendor URL: http://nocc.sourceforge.net/
Other Advisory URL: http://retrogod.altervista.org/noccw_10_incl_xpl.html

Tools & Filters

	20974

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

retrogod - rgodaustici.org - Personal Page

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-02-27 | Disagree?

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