Cedric Email Reader PHP file include

cedric-email-file-include (11278) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Cedric Email Reader could allow a remote or local attacker to include malicious PHP files. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the email.php3 or email.php script that specifies the code.php script from a remote system as a parameter, which would allow the attacker to execute code on the vulnerable Web server.

If register_globals is enabled, an attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the emailreader_execute_on_each_page.inc.php script that specifies the code.php script from a remote system as a parameter, which would allow the attacker to execute code on the vulnerable Web server.

Platforms Affected:

  • Cedric Augustin, Cedric Email Reader 0.2
  • Cedric Augustin, Cedric Email Reader 0.3
  • Cedric Augustin, Cedric Email Reader 0.4

Remedy:

No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Feb 09 2003 - 04:05:59 CST, Cedric Email Reader (PHP) at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0118.html.
  • BID-6818: Cedric Email Reader Skin Configuration Script Remote File Include Vulnerability
  • BID-6820: Cedric Email Reader Global Configuration Script Remote File Include Vulnerability
  • CVE-2003-1410: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in email.php (aka email.php3) in Cedric Email Reader 0.2 and 0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the cer_skin parameter.
  • CVE-2003-1411: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in emailreader_execute_on_each_page.inc.php in Cedric Email Reader 0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the emailreader_ini parameter.
  • OSVDB ID: 5487: Cedric Email Reader email.php Arbitrary Command Execution
  • OSVDB ID: 5900: Cedric Email Reader emailreader_execute_on_each_page.inc.php Arbitrary Command Execution
  • SA8024: Cedric email reader execution of arbitrary code

Reported:

Feb 09, 2003

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