Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in CoronaMatrix phpAddressBook 2.11 allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the skin parameter to (1) index.php and (2) install.php. NOTE: it was later reported that vector 1 is also present in 2.0.
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
- phpAddressBook 2.11 - Multiple Local File Inclusions EDB-5288 · webapps · Mar 21, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20080322 phpAddressBook v2.11 Multiple Local File Inclusion Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 20080501 php-addressbook v2.0 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (LFI/XSS) mailing-list
- 3772 third-party-advisory
- 5288 exploit
- phpaddressbook-skin-directory-traversal(41394) vdb-entry
- 29514 third-party-advisory
- 28397 vdb-entry
- http://0x90.com.ar/Advisory/20080321.txt