RunCMS Arbitrary Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

BID:14634

Info

RunCMS Arbitrary Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14634
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 22 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 22 2005 12:00AM
Credit: James Bercegay of the GulfTech Security Research Team is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: RunCMS RunCMS 1.2
RunCMS RunCMS 1.1 A
RunCMS RunCMS 1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

RunCMS Arbitrary Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

RunCMS is prone to a vulnerability that permits the overwriting of arbitrary variables.

RunCMS is prone to a vulnerability that permits the overwriting of arbitrary variables.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary application global variables. The attacker supplies new values through use of the POST method.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can have multiple ramifications depending on the variables overwritten and the scope and permissions of the vulnerable application.

Exploit / POC

RunCMS Arbitrary Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

RunCMS Arbitrary Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

Solution:
Reports indicate the vendor has addressed this issue in the latest release of RunCMS. Symantec has not been able to verify this at the time of this writing.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

RunCMS Arbitrary Variable Overwrite Vulnerability

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