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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4375

Original release date:08/26/2006

Last revised:09/05/2008

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

** DISPUTED ** PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in contxtd.class.php in the Contacts XTD (ContXTD) component for Mambo (com_contxtd) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter. NOTE: another researcher has disputed this issue, saying that the software prevents the attack by checking whether _VALID_MOS is defined.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 6.4

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060821 Re: Mambo Component - Display MOSBot Manager Remote File InclusionVuln

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/444063/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20060820 Mambo Component - Display MOSBot Manager Remote File Inclusion Vuln

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/443892/100/0/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 28091

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/28091

External Source: SREASON

Name: 1451

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1451