Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-1171 - Unspecified vulnerability in Markus Triska Cgiforum 1.0

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
markus-triska
nessus
exploit available

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in cgiforum.pl script in CGIForum 1.0 allows remote attackers to ready arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in the "thesection" parameter.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Markus_Triska
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionMarkus Triska CGIForum 1.0 "thesection" Directory Traversal Vulnerability. CVE-2000-1171. Remote exploit for cgi platform
idEDB-ID:20408
last seen2016-02-02
modified2000-11-20
published2000-11-20
reporterzorgon
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/20408/
titleMarkus Triska CGIForum 1.0 - "thesection" Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idCGIFORUM.NASL
descriptionThe
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id10552
published2000-11-20
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2000-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/10552
titleCGIForum cgiforum.pl thesection Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


include("compat.inc");


if(description)
{
 script_id(10552);
 script_bugtraq_id(1963);
 script_version ("1.30");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2000-1171");
 
 script_name(english:"CGIForum cgiforum.pl thesection Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access");
 script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of /cgi-bin/cgiforum.pl");
 
 script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web application running on the remote host has a directory
traversal vulnerability." );
 script_set_attribute( attribute:"description",  value:
"The 'cgiforum.pl' CGI is installed. This CGI has a well known
security flaw that could let a remote attacker read arbitrary files
on the remote host." );
 script_set_attribute(
   attribute:"see_also",
   value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Nov/267"
 );
 script_set_attribute(
   attribute:"see_also",
   value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Nov/345"
 );
 script_set_attribute(
   attribute:"solution", 
   value:"Upgrade to CGIForum version 1.01 or later."
 );
 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:U/RL:U/RC:ND");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2000/11/20");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2000/11/20");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:16");
 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) 2000-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 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);

foreach dir (cgi_dirs())
{
 req = string(dir,"/cgiforum.pl?thesection=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00");
 buf = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:req, port:port);
 if( isnull(buf) ) exit(0);

 if(egrep(pattern:".*root:.*:0:[01]:.*", string:buf)){
 	security_warning(port);
	exit(0);
	}
}

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBugCVE: CVE-2000-1171 BUGTRAQ: 1963 DC Scripts DCForum是一个商业版CGI脚本,用于在线WWW方式讨论。DCForum实现上存在输入验证漏洞,远程攻击者可以利用此漏洞遍历服务器目录。 DC Scripts DCForum未能正确检查来自用户输入的 thesection 变量值,利用 ../ 攻击方式,远程攻击者可以利用一个精心准备的URL请求导致脚本遍历服务器根目录,进而获取敏感信息。所能访问的文件取决于Web服务器当前启动的用户身份,一般是nobody。 1.0 临时解决方法: 如果您不能立刻安装补丁或者升级,建议您采取以下措施以降低威胁: * 修改dcboard.cgi和dcadmin.cgi,在 $r_in = \%in; 后面加上: $r_in-&gt;{'forum'} =~ s/\W//g; 厂商补丁: Markus Triska ------------- 目前厂商还没有提供补丁或者升级程序,我们建议使用此软件的用户随时关注厂商的主页以获取最新版本: <a href=http://freshmeat.net/projects/cgiforum/ target=_blank>http://freshmeat.net/projects/cgiforum/</a>
idSSV:4309
last seen2017-11-19
modified2008-10-25
published2008-10-25
reporterRoot
sourcehttps://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-4309
titleCGIForum远程目录遍历漏洞