Information Disclosure Vulnerability in board51, forum51 and news51

From: Marc Bromm (theblacksheepat_private)
Date: Tue Jul 08 2003 - 10:55:45 PDT

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    Advisory Information
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    Advisory Name      : Information Disclosure Vulnerability in board51,
    forum51 and news51
    Author             : Marc Bromm <theblacksheepat_private> Germany
    Discover by        : Marc Bromm <theblacksheepat_private> Germany
    Release Date       : 8. Juli 2003
    Application        : forum51, board51 und news51 (textfile based forum,
    board and news system)
    Vendor Homepage    : http://www.laforge-groups.de (German site)
    Vendor Status      : notified
    Vulnerable Versions: board51: v1.0b, v2.0  (maybe older)
                         forum51: v2.5b, v2.6b (maybe older)
                         news51 : v1.0a, v1.5  (maybe older)
    Platforms          : OS Independent, PHP
    Severity           : High
    
     
    
    ######Overview:
    
    The 51 scripts are textbased webapplications (a forum, a board and a news
    system) which are not bad. The design is great and it has many functions.
    The official website is http://www.laforge-groups.de
    
    ######Exploit:
    
    1. Get admin/user password hashes
    
    All user/admin information are stored in a file named "user.idx" in the
    "data" directory. So it is possible for you to open the files with your
    browser to get the information. 
    
    For example: 
    
    ~/newsdata/data/user.idx
    ~/forumdata/data/user.idx
    ~/boarddata/data/user.idx
    
    Then crack the md5 hash and hope that the admin has a not so good
    passwort.
    
    
    ######Vendor Response:
    
    They told me that no patch is available and that the user can protect
    that directoy with the special file but they think about fixing it in
    newer versions.
    
    Greetz to:
    
    Erik, (O_o)oOoOoOo.
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      theblacksheepat_private
    
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