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TITLE:
Mambo PccookBook Component File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21015

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21015/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PccookBook 1.x (component for Mambo)
http://secunia.com/product/10973/

DESCRIPTION:
Ahmad Maulana has discovered a vulnerability in the PccookBook
component for Mambo, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "mosConfig_absolute_path" parameter in
components/com_pccookbook/pccookbook.php isn't properly verified,
before it is used to include files. This can be exploited to include
arbitrary files from external and local resources.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.3.1. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly verified.

Set "register_globals" to "Off".

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ahmad Maulana

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://advisories.echo.or.id/adv/adv37-matdhule-2006.txt

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