23337 : Invision Power Board Task Manager Arbitrary File Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-11-04	2005-11-04

Keywords

IPB

Description

Invision Power Board contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker with access to the admin console to execute arbitrary programs as the Apache user. The issue is due to the Task Manager 'Task PHP File To Run' field not requiring task files end with a the ".php" extension, which could allow other types of files, or files uploaded via the bulletin board, to be executed.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

Invision Power Services, Inc.

Invision Power Board

2.0.1

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 17443
CVE ID: 2005-3549 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 35429
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0118.html
Vendor URL: http://www.invisionboard.com/
Keyword: IPB

Credit

Anti Matter - antimattergmail.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-11-16 | Disagree?

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