From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Nov 10 2006 - 07:47:04 CST

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TITLE:
phpProfiles Insecure File Permissions Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22728

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22728/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
phpProfiles 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/12458/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in phpProfiles, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to manipulate data.

The problem is caused due to setting insecure permissions
(world-writable) to profile files and directories.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 2.1.1 Beta.

SOLUTION:
The security issue is reportedly fixed in version 2.1.1 Beta.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=460858&group_id=176310

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