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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Horde Help Viewer Code Execution Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Tries to run a command using Horde's help viewer

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains a PHP application that permits execution
of arbitrary PHP code.

Description :

The version of Horde installed on the remote host fails to sanitize
user-supplied input before using it in the Help viewer to evaluate
code. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this flaw to execute
arbitrary command on the remote host subject to the rights of the
web server user id.

See also :

http://lists.horde.org/archives/announce/2006/000272.html
http://lists.horde.org/archives/announce/2006/000271.html

Solution :

Upgrade to Horde 3.0.10 / 3.1.1 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

High / CVSS Base Score : 7
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 17292

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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