bugtraq - Re: pMachine (PHP) : Include() Security Hole

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Message-ID: <20030615080756.GA7803@piper.madduck.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 10:07:56 +0200
From: martin f krafft <madduck@...duck.net>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: pMachine (PHP) : Include() Security Hole

also sprach Frog Man <leseulfrog@...mail.com> [2003.06.14.1848 +0200]:
> This will work if register_globals is ON *OR* OFF.

Right, because:

>   while(list($var,$val)=each($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS))
>   while(list($var,$val)=each($HTTP_GET_VARS))
>   while(list($var,$val)=each($HTTP_POST_VARS))
>   while(list($var,$val)=each($HTTP_SERVER_VARS))

you are effectively "turning it on", so to speak.

> include ("{$pm_path}config$sfx");

then of course, sfx is going to be a variable, if it's passed into
the script via GET_VARS.

your mistake is using a variable that wasn't explicitly initialised.

other than that i fail to see why this is somethign special.

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