ECHO_ADV_05$2004

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FUll Path Disclosure in YABBSE

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Author: y3dips

Date: August, 25th 2004

Location: Indonesia, Jakarta

Web: http://echo.or.id/adv/adv05-y3dips-2004.txt

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Affected software description:

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YaBB SE: Yet another Bulletin Board Splinter Edition inspired by Zef Hemel

Software Version: YaBB SE 1.5.1 The YaBB SE Development Team

web : http://www.yabbse.org/

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Vulnerabilities:

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Full path disclosure:

Script in Sources/Admin.php files are not protected against direct access

A remote user can access the file to cause the system to display an error

message that indicates the installation path. The resulting error message

will disclose potentially sensitive installation path information to the

remote attacker.

POC :

http://localhost/yabbse/Sources/Admin.php

Fatal error: Call to undefined function:

is_admin() in /var/www/html/yabbse/Sources/Admin.php on line 32

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The fix:

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Vendor not contacted yet

but i ll post it to them later

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Shoutz:

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~ m0by, the_day, comex, z3r0byt3, K-159, c-a-s-e, S`to @T echo/staff

~ newbie_hacker (at) yahoogroups (dot) com [email concealed] , #e-c-h-o & #aikmel @DALNET

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Contact:

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y3dips || echo|staff || y3dips(at)echo(dot)or(dot)id

Homepage: http://y3dips.echo.or.id/

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