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TITLE:
PHPCentral Poll "_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT]" File Inclusion

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26434

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

REVISION:
1.1 originally posted 2007-08-15

SOFTWARE:
PHPCentral Poll
http://secunia.com/product/15267/

DESCRIPTION:
Rizgar has discovered a vulnerability in PHPCentral Poll, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

An incorrect use of the "extract()" function in functions.php can be
exploited to overwrite certain server set variables. This can further
be exploited to include arbitrary files from local or external
resources e.g. via the "_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT]" parameter in poll.php
and pollarchive.php.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Rizgar

CHANGELOG:
2007-08-15: Added CVE reference.

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