Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-2981 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Gentoo Webmin

047910
CVSS 6.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
gentoo
CWE-20
nessus

Summary

Webmin 1.590 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary Perl code via a crafted file associated with the type (aka monitor type name) parameter.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Zone Scripting
    An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2014-062.NASL
    descriptionMultiple vulnerabilities was discovered and corrected in webmin : Multiple XSS, CSRF, and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities that impact Webmin versions prior to 1.620 (CVE-2012-2981, CVE-2012-2982, CVE-2012-2983, CVE-2012-4893, SA51201). The 1.680 version fixed security issues that could be exploited by un-trusted Webmin users in the PHP Configuration and Webalizer modules. The Authen::Libwrap perl module used by Webmin is also being provided. The updated packages have been upgraded to the 1.680 version which is not vulnerable to these issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id73066
    published2014-03-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73066
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : webmin (MDVSA-2014:062)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2014:062. 
    # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(73066);
      script_version("1.6");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:55");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2981", "CVE-2012-2982", "CVE-2012-2983", "CVE-2012-4893");
      script_bugtraq_id(55446);
      script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2014:062");
      script_xref(name:"MGASA", value:"2013-0125");
    
      script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : webmin (MDVSA-2014:062)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security
    updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Multiple vulnerabilities was discovered and corrected in webmin :
    
    Multiple XSS, CSRF, and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities that
    impact Webmin versions prior to 1.620 (CVE-2012-2981, CVE-2012-2982,
    CVE-2012-2983, CVE-2012-4893, SA51201).
    
    The 1.680 version fixed security issues that could be exploited by
    un-trusted Webmin users in the PHP Configuration and Webalizer
    modules.
    
    The Authen::Libwrap perl module used by Webmin is also being provided.
    
    The updated packages have been upgraded to the 1.680 version which is
    not vulnerable to these issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0132.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.webmin.com/changes.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected perl-Authen-Libwrap and / or webmin packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploithub_sku", value:"EH-12-473");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_exploithub", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Webmin /file/show.cgi Remote Command Execution');
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-Authen-Libwrap");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:webmin");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/03/17");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/03/18");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"MDK-MBS1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perl-Authen-Libwrap-0.220.0-2.mbs1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"MDK-MBS1", reference:"webmin-1.680-1.mbs1")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyCGI abuses
    NASL idWEBMIN_1_600.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its self-reported version, the Webmin install hosted on the remote host is 1.590 or lower. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id117602
    published2018-09-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117602
    titleWebmin <= 1.590 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(117602);
      script_version("1.8");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/05");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2012-2981",
        "CVE-2012-2982",
        "CVE-2012-2983",
        "CVE-2012-4893"
      );
      script_bugtraq_id(55446, 66328);
    
      script_name(english:"Webmin <= 1.590 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
      script_summary(english:"Checks version of Webmin.");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "According to its self-reported version, the Webmin install hosted on
    the remote host is 1.590 or lower. It is, therefore, affected by 
    multiple vulnerabilities.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55446");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66328");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.webmin.com/changes.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Upgrade to Webmin 1.600 or later.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:ND");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:X");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2012-4893");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploithub_sku", value:"EH-12-473");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_exploithub", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Webmin /file/show.cgi Remote Command Execution');
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
    
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/09/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/09/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/09/19");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:webmin:webmin");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
    
      script_dependencies("webmin.nasl");
      script_require_keys("www/webmin", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
      script_require_ports("Services/www", 10000);
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    include("http.inc");
    
    app = 'Webmin';
    port = get_http_port(default:10000, embedded: TRUE);
    
    get_kb_item_or_exit('www/'+port+'/webmin');
    version = get_kb_item_or_exit('www/webmin/'+port+'/version', exit_code:1);
    source = get_kb_item_or_exit('www/webmin/'+port+'/source', exit_code:1);
    
    if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
    
    dir = "/";
    install_url = build_url(port:port, qs:dir);
    
    fix = "1.600";
    
    if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:"1.590", strict:FALSE) <= 0)
    {
      report =
        '\n  URL               : ' + install_url +
        '\n  Version Source    : ' + source +
        '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
        '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fix + '\n';
    
      security_report_v4(severity:SECURITY_WARNING, port:port, extra:report, xss:TRUE, xsrf:TRUE);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_url, version);