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>> MyNewsGroups "myng_root" Parameter Handling Remote PHP File Inclusion Vulnerability
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Title : MyNewsGroups "myng_root" Parameter Handling Remote PHP File Inclusion Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3073
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-08-01
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A vulnerability has been identified in MyNewsGroups, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the "lib/tree/layersmenu.inc.php" script that fails to validate the "myng_root" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious files and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.
Affected Products
MyNewsGroups version 0.6b and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3073
http://www.bb-pcsecurity.de/sicherheit_266.htm
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Philipp Niedziela
ChangeLog
2006-08-01 : Initial release
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