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# This cgi abuse script was written by Jonathan Provencher
# Ce script de scanning de cgi a ete ecrit par Jonathan Provencher
# <[email protected]>
#
# Changes by Tenable:
# - Revised plugin title (4/28/09)
include("compat.inc");
if(description)
{
script_id(10321);
script_version ("1.34");
script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0953");
script_bugtraq_id(649, 12453);
script_name(english:"WWWBoard passwd.txt Authentication Credential Disclosure");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a CGI application that is prone to an
information disclosure attack." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running WWWBoard, a bulletin board system written
by Matt Wright.
This board system comes with a password file (passwd.txt) installed
next to the file 'wwwboard.html'. An attacker may obtain the contents
of this file and decode the password to modify the remote www board." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1998/Sep/34" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1999/Sep/312" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Configure the wwwadmin.pl script to change the name and location of
'passwd.txt'." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
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:"plugin_publication_date", value: "1999/11/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "1999/09/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of /wwwboard/passwd.txt");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 1999-2020 Jonathan Provencher");
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("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded:TRUE);
foreach dir(cgi_dirs())
{
res = http_keepalive_send_recv(port:port, data:http_get(port:port, item:dir + "/wwwboard.html"), bodyonly:TRUE);
if (res == NULL )exit(0);
if ( "wwwboard.pl" >< res )
{
res = http_keepalive_send_recv(port:port, data:http_get(port:port, item:dir + "/passwd.txt"), bodyonly:TRUE);
if ( strlen(res) && egrep(pattern:"^[A-Za-z0-9]*:[a-zA-Z0-9-_.]$", string:res))
{
security_warning(port);
exit(0);
}
}
}
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