A vulnerability has been identified in Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB), which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the "index.php" script that does not validate the "root_path" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to include malicious files and execute arbitrary commands with privileges of the web server.

Affected Products

Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB) version 1.0.8 and prior

Solution

VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3546

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Eddy_BAck0o

Changelog

2006-09-11 : Initial release

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