eGroupWare Unspecified Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

BID:28817

Info

eGroupWare Unspecified Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28817
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-2041
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 15 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 08 2008 02:15PM
Credit: eGroupWare
Vulnerable: Gentoo Linux
eGroupWare eGroupWare 1.4.3
eGroupWare eGroupWare 1.4.2
eGroupWare eGroupWare 1.4.1
Not Vulnerable: eGroupWare eGroupWare 1.4.4

Discussion

eGroupWare Unspecified Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

eGroupWare is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers upload arbitrary files. The issue stems from an unspecified error related to FCKEditor.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to upload files and execute arbitrary PHP script code in the context of the webserver process. This may aid in further attacks.

NOTE: This issue may be related to the FCKeditor vulnerability described in BID 25829. We will update this BID as more information emerges.

This issue affects versions prior to eGroupWare 1.4.004.

Exploit / POC

eGroupWare Unspecified Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Attackers will likely exploit this issue through a browser.

Solution / Fix

eGroupWare Unspecified Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

References

eGroupWare Unspecified Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

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