Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1223 - Path Disclosure vulnerability in F-Secure Policy Manager 5.11

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
f-secure
nessus
exploit available

Summary

The Management Agent in F-Secure Policy Manager 5.11.2810 allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information, such as the absolute path for the web server, via an HTTP request to fsmsh.dll without any parameters.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
F-Secure
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionF-Secure Policy Manager 5.11 FSMSH.DLL CGI Application Installation Path Disclosure Vulnerability. CVE-2004-1223. Remote exploit for windows platform
idEDB-ID:24811
last seen2016-02-03
modified2004-12-09
published2004-12-09
reporter[email protected]
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/24811/
titleF-Secure Policy Manager 5.11 FSMSH.DLL CGI Application Installation Path Disclosure Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idFSECURE_FSMSH_DISCLOSURE.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running F-Secure Policy Manager, a distributed administration software allowing a system administrator to control applications from a single web console. There is a flaw in the file
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id15931
published2004-12-10
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15931
titleF-Secure Policy Manager Path Disclosure
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
 script_id(15931);
 script_version("1.16");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:17");

 script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1223");
 script_bugtraq_id(11869);
 script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"13416");
 
 script_name(english:"F-Secure Policy Manager Path Disclosure");
 script_summary(english:"Checks for /fsms/fsmsh.dll");
 
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web application running on the remote host has an information
disclosure vulnerability.");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running F-Secure Policy Manager, a distributed
administration software allowing a system administrator to control
applications from a single web console. 

There is a flaw in the file '/fsms/fsmsh.dll' that discloses the
physical path this application is under.  An attacker could use this
information to mount further attacks.");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2004/Dec/102");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the latest version of this software.");
 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:H/RL:U/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:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/12/09");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/12/10");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe",value:"cpe:/a:f-secure:policy_manager");
 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_dependencies("http_version.nasl");
 script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

 exit(0);
}

# The script code starts here

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


port = get_http_port(default:80);
url = '/fsms/fsmsh.dll?';
res = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:url, port:port);
if (isnull(res)) exit(1, "The server didn't respond");

if ("Commdir path" >< res[2])
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    report = string(
      "Nessus exploited this issue by requesting the following URL :\n\n",
      "  ", build_url(qs:url, port:port), "\n"
    );

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

    security_warning(port:port, extra:res[2]);
  }
  else security_warning(port);
}