41956 : PHP Project Management /modules/projects/summary.inc.php m_path Variable Traversal Null Byte Arbitrary File Access
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date	Vendor Solution Date
2007-10-21	2007-10-21	2007-10-29

Days of Exposure
8 days

Description

PHP Project Management contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to access local files outside of the web path. The issue is due to the '/modules/projects/summary.inc.php' script not properly sanitizing user input, specifically directory traversal style attacks (../../) supplied via the 'm_path' parameter.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Third-party Verified, Uncoordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Technical

This vulnerability is only present when the magic_quotes_gpc PHP option is set to 'off' and the register_globals PHP option is set to 'on' (not the default setting for PHP since version 4.2.0 / 22-Apr-2002).

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.8.11 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

PHP Project Management ERP

PHP Project Management

0.8.10

References

CVE ID: 2007-5642 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26148
Secunia Advisory ID: 27347
ISS X-Force ID: 37348
Related OSVDB ID: 41905 41951 41952 41953 41954 41955 41957 41958 41959 41960 41961 41962 41963 41964 41965 41966 41967 41968 41969 41970 41971 41972 41973 41974 41975
Exploit Database: 4549
Milw0rm: 4549
Vendor URL: http://phppm.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/php-pm/

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

GoLd_M

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-10-24 | Disagree?

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