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RaXnet.Cacti.ConfigSettings.PHP.Remote.File.Include

Alias(es)

RaXnet.Cacti.Config_Settings.PHP.Remote.File.Include

Release Date

Jun 29, 2005

Severity

low

Impact

Compromise of the affected system.

Description

It indicates a possible exploit of remote file inclusion vulnerability in Cacti software.



Cacti is a front-end application to RRDTool (Round Robin Database), it stores all of the necessary information to create graphs and populate them with data in a MySQL database. A vulnerability is reported in it that may allow an attacker to include PHP code and execute on the vulnerable system. This is due to application failure to properly sanitize config[include_path] parameters value passed to config_setting.php. An attacker may include PHP code in the config[include_path] parameters in a HTTP request and run it on the affected system with web server privilege, leading to shell access and compromise of the affected system.



Affected Products

Raxnet Cacti 0.8.6 d and earlier versions.

Recommended Actions

Upgrade to Raxnet Cacti 0.8.6 e or later version.

Coverage

IPS
VCM

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

CVE-2005-1526

Reference/s

http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_6e.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14028 (BugTraq)

Reference: VID-10175