VDB-111324 · CVE-2000-0685 · BID 1525

BEA WebLogic 3.1.8/4.0.4/4.5.1 privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in BEA WebLogic 3.1.8/4.0.4/4.5.1 (Application Server Software). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

BEA WebLogic 5.1.x does not properly restrict access to the PageCompileServlet, which could allow remote attackers to compile and execute Java JHTML code by directly invoking the servlet on any source file.

The weakness was shared 10/20/2000 with Foundstone as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0685. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

A public exploit has been developed in JHTML/JSP. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 87224 (Oracle WebLogic Java Injection (BEA00-04.00)). The code used by the exploit is:

<java>out.println("Hello World");</java>
<% out.println("Hello World"); %>

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries 15824 and 15826 are related to this item.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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01/04/2018 +6285 days 🔍
01/28/2021 +1120 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: This vulnerability was discovered by Foundstone Inc., posted to the Bugtraq mailing list on August, 2000. Particular credit was listed to Shreeraj Shah , Saumil Shah Stuart McClure
Organization: Foundstone
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2000-0685 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 1525 - Weblogic Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 59351 - CVE-2000-0685 - BEA - WebLogic - Code Execution Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 01/04/2018 15:05
Updated: 01/28/2021 11:59
Changes: 01/04/2018 15:05 (61), 12/19/2019 15:58 (2), 01/28/2021 11:59 (2)
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