GROUP-E Collaboration Software Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in GROUP-E Collaboration Software, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable web server. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the "lib/head_auth.php" script when processing the "CFG[PREPEND_FILE]" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious PHP scripts and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
GROUP-E Collaboration Software version 1.6.41 and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to version 1.6.42-SECURITY-UPDATE : http://sourceforge.net/projects/group-e/
     
CVE   CVE-2008-1074
     
References   http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=581434&group_id=196032
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
PHP : Remote file inclusion prevention : URL found as parameter
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2008-03-05 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote