ADbNewsSender "path_to_lang" Local File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in ADbNewsSender, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "maillinglist/setup/step1.php.inc" script when processing the "path_to_lang" parameter, which could be exploited by attackers to include or disclose the contents of local files with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
ADbNewsSender version 1.5.5 and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to ADbNewsSender version 1.5.6 : http://sourceforge.net/projects/adbnewssender/files
     
CVE   CVE-2009-2449
CVE-2009-2444
     
References   http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=694644
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/adbnewssender/view.php?id=22
http://r00tsecurity.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=9460
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : suspicious root_path parameter found in URL
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2009-07-07 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote