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TITLE:
Free Directory Script "API_HOME_DIR" File Inclusion Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32745

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32745/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Free Directory Script 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20530/

DESCRIPTION:
Ghost Hacker has discovered a vulnerability in Free Directory Script,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

Input passed to the "API_HOME_DIR" parameter in init.php is not
properly verified before being used to include files. This can be
exploited to include arbitrary files from local and external
resources.

Successful exploitation requires that "register_globals" is enabled.

This vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.1.1. Other versions may
also be affected.

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

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ghost Hacker

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/7155

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