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9.6 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Host (version now known). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component FTP Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The permissions for system-critical data in an anonymous FTP account are inappropriate. For example, the root directory is writeable by world, a real password file is obtainable, or executable commands such as "ls" can be overwritten.
The weakness was published 01/01/1999. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0527. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/07/2019). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.
It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10088 (Anonymous FTP Writable root Directory), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FTP and running in the context r.
It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .Proper firewalling of tcp/21 (ftp) is able to address this issue. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be the change of configuration settings.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6253) and Tenable (10088). Similar entries are available at 14338, 14334, 14333 and 14331.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 10088
Nessus Name: Anonymous FTP Writable root Directory
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Timeline
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Sources
Status: Not definedCVE: CVE-1999-0527 (🔍)
X-Force: 6253
Vulnerability Center: 633 - FTP server without restrictions, High
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 06/20/2014 00:43Updated: 05/07/2019 23:17
Changes: 06/20/2014 00:43 (55), 05/07/2019 23:17 (8)
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