Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in com_pccookbook/pccookbook.php in the PccookBook Component for Mambo and Joomla 0.3 and possibly up to 1.3.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Mambo Component pc_cookbook 0.3 - Remote File Inclusion EDB-2024 · webapps · Jul 17, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ADV-2006-2739 vdb-entry
- 1215 third-party-advisory
- 21015 third-party-advisory
- pccookbook-pccookbook-file-include(27641) vdb-entry
- 18919 vdb-entry
- http://advisories.echo.or.id/adv/adv37-matdhule-2006.txt
- 20060710 [ECHO_ADV_37$2006] pc_cookbook Mambo/Joomla Component <= v0.3 Remote File Include Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 2024 exploit