Killer Protection 1.0 - Information Disclosure

Author: frog
type: webapps
platform: php
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date_added: 2002-10-07 
date_updated: 2012-10-11 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2002-2335;OSVDB-59508 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5905/info

The Killer Protection PHP script is prone to an information-disclosure issue. Reportedly, unauthorized users can access sensitive user data by requesting the 'vars.inc' file in a malicious HTTP request.

Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to access sensitive usernames and passwords, which could be used in future attacks.


http://[target]/vars.inc

and

http://[target]/protection.php?mode=display&username=[LOGIN]&password=[PASSWORD]