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| GEN:SID | 1:2331 |
| Message | WEB-PHP MatrikzGB privilege escalation attempt |
| Summary | This event is generated when an attempt is made to possibly gain administrative access to the MatrikzGB Guestbook PHP application running on a server. |
| Impact | Possible administrative access to the Guestbook. |
| Detailed Information | This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in the MatrikzGB Guestbook web application running on a server. It is possible for an attacker to modify the appropriate URI parameter in the index.php script to gain administrative rightst to the MatrikzGB Guestbook. |
| Affected Systems | MatrikzGB Guestbook 2.0 |
| Attack Scenarios | An attacker can supply "admin" to the "new_rights" parameter in the PHP script index.php. |
| Ease of Attack | Simple. No exploit software required. |
| Corrective Action | Ensure the system is using an up to date version of the software and has had all vendor supplied patches applied. |
| Additional References | |
| Rule References | bugtraq: 8430 |
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DID:439532
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