Puntal Installation Scripts GLOBALS Array Handling Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Puntal, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions or potentially execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to input validation errors in the installation scripts that do not validate user-supplied GLOBALS, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include arbitrary files with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Puntal versions prior to 1.8.5
     
Solution   Upgrade to Puntal version 1.8.5 : http://sourceforge.net/projects/puntal/
     
CVE   CVE-2006-6224
     
References   http://www.puntal.fr/forums/viewtopic.php?id=610
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention: suspicious GLOBALS variable
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2006-11-29 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote