CVE-2005-3738

published 2005-11-22

CVE-2005-3738: globals.php in Mambo Site Server 4.0.14 and earlier, when register_globals is disabled, allows remote attackers to overwrite variables in the GLOBALS array and…

Priority P2 60 low 2.6 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC H Au N C N I P A N

ITW EXPLOIT VulnCheck KEV

globals.php in Mambo Site Server 4.0.14 and earlier, when register_globals is disabled, allows remote attackers to overwrite variables in the GLOBALS array and conduct various attacks, as demonstrated using the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter to content.html.php for remote PHP file inclusion.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
mambo	mambo_site_server	—	—
mambo	mambo_site_server	—	—
mambo	mambo_site_server	—	—
mambo	mambo_site_server	—	—
mambo	mambo_site_server	—	—
mambo	mambo_site_server	—	—
mambo	mambo_site_server	—	—
mambo	mambo_site_server	—	—
mambo	mambo_site_server	—	—
mambo	mambo_site_server	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path index.php?_REQUEST=&_REQUEST[option]=com_content&_REQUEST[Itemid]=1&GLOBALS=&mosConfig_absolute_path=↗

path suntzu.php?cmd=↗

filename suntzu.php↗

path /includes/HTML_toolbar.php/index.html↗

filename globals.php↗

filename content.html.php↗

• → Detect exploitation attempts by looking for HTTP GET requests to index.php containing both 'GLOBALS=' and 'mosConfig_absolute_path=' parameters simultaneously, which is the hallmark of the globals overwrite attack vector. ↗
• → Alert on HTTP requests containing the User-Agent string 'NeuralBot/0.2', used in the first stage of the exploit to trigger remote file inclusion via mosConfig_absolute_path. ↗
• → Alert on HTTP requests containing the User-Agent string 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R.', used in the second stage of the exploit to execute commands via the dropped webshell (suntzu.php). ↗
• → Detect presence of the dropped webshell by monitoring for HTTP requests to 'suntzu.php' with a 'cmd=' query parameter, indicating post-exploitation command execution. ↗
• → The exploit checks for the string 'Hi Master' in the HTTP response to confirm successful exploitation; monitor web server responses for this string as a post-exploitation indicator. ↗
• → The attacker stages a PHP payload at a remote location under /includes/HTML_toolbar.php/index.html; monitor outbound HTTP requests from the web server to external hosts fetching this path. ↗

• · The vulnerability is only exploitable when PHP's register_globals is DISABLED; with register_globals enabled, the GLOBALS array overwrite via GET/POST parameters is not possible through this vector. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 2.6 LOW AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

vulncheck 2.6 LOW

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