HTTP_Upload 1.0.0.b3 Arbitrary File Upload

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[+] Credits: John Page AKA Hyp3rlinx  
[+] Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org  
[+] Source:  
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/PEAR-HTTP_UPLOAD-ARBITRARY-FILE-UPLOAD.txt  
[+] ISR: ApparitionSEC  
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Vendor:  
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pear.php.net  
  
  
  
Product:  
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HTTP_Upload v1.0.0b3  
  
Download:  
https://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.http.http-upload.php  
  
Easy and secure managment of files submitted via HTML Forms.  
  
pear install HTTP_Upload  
  
This class provides an advanced file uploader system for file uploads made  
from html forms. Features:  
* Can handle from one file to multiple files.  
* Safe file copying from tmp dir.  
* Easy detecting mechanism of valid upload, missing upload or error.  
* Gives extensive information about the uploaded file.  
* Rename uploaded files in different ways: as it is, safe or unique  
* Validate allowed file extensions  
* Multiple languages error messages support (es, en, de, fr, it, nl, pt_BR)  
  
  
Vulnerability Type:  
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Arbitrary File Upload  
  
  
  
CVE Reference:  
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N/A  
  
  
  
Vulnerability Details:  
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The package comes with an "upload_example.php" file to test the package,  
when uploading a "restricted" PHP file  
user will get message like "Unauthorized file transmission".  
  
Line: 488 of "Upload.php"  
var $_extensionsCheck = array('php', 'phtm', 'phtml', 'php3', 'inc');  
  
If user does not go thru the "Upload.php" code line by line. They will find  
option to set case sensitive check.  
e.g. Line: 503 "$_extensionsCaseSensitive"=true  
  
Line: 874  
  
* @param bool $case_sensitive whether extension check is case sensitive.  
  
* When it is case insensitive, the extension  
  
* is lowercased before compared to the array  
  
* of valid extensions.  
  
  
This setting looks to prevent mixed or uppercase extension on disallowed  
PHP file type bypass before uploading.  
  
However, some developers are unaware that "Apache" can process file with  
extension like PHP.1, PHP.; etc.  
if the last extension is not specified in the list of mime-types known to  
the web server.  
  
Therefore, attackers can easily bypass the security check by appending ".1"  
to end of the file,  
which can result in arbitrary command execution on the affected server.  
  
e.g.  
  
"ext_bypass.php.1" contents:  
  
<?php  
  
echo passthru('cat /etc/passwd');  
  
?>  
  
  
Sucessfully Tested on: Bitnami wampstack-5.6.29-0.  
Server version: Apache/2.4.23 (Win64)  
  
Sucessfully Tested on: XAMPP for Linux 5.6.8-0  
Server version: Apache/2.4.12 (Unix)  
  
  
  
Disclosure Timeline:  
======================================  
Vendor Notification: December 31, 2016  
Similar bug reported and open 2012  
Issue Fixed: January 17, 2017  
January 25, 2017 : Public Disclosure  
  
  
  
  
Severity Level:  
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High  
  
  
  
  
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is given to the author. The author is not responsible for any misuse of the  
information contained herein and accepts no responsibility  
for any damage caused by the use or misuse of this information. The author  
prohibits any malicious use of security related information  
or exploits by the author or elsewhere.  
  
hyp3rlinx  
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