SimpleBBS Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	15764
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 07 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 07 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	unitedasia is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	SimpleMedia SimpleBBS 1.1 SimpleMedia SimpleBBS 1.0.7 SimpleMedia SimpleBBS 1.0.6
Not Vulnerable:

SimpleBBS Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

SimpleBBS is prone to an arbitrary command execution vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary PHP commands in the context of the Web server process. This may facilitate a compromise of the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

SimpleBBS Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept exploit is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/SimpleBBS-cmd-exec.c

SimpleBBS Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
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]>.

SimpleBBS Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

References:

• SimpleBBS homepage (SimpleMedia)
  
• SimpleBBS <= v1.1 remote commands execution in c by: unitedasia ([email protected])