CGI-World Poll It 2.0 data_dir privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in CGI-World Poll It 2.0 (Survey Software). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument data_dir 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:

Poll It 2.0 CGI script allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the file name in the data_dir parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 07/04/2000 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0590. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10459 (Poll It CGI data_dir Parameter Arbitrary File Access), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1106. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 524.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4878) and Tenable (10459).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 10459
Nessus Name: Poll It CGI data_dir Parameter Arbitrary File Access
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OpenVAS ID: 10459
OpenVAS Name: Poll It v2.0 cgi
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 1106
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP Poll-it access
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0590 (🔍)
X-Force: 4878 - Poll It CGI allows remote attackers to overwrite default variable values
Vulnerability Center: 1903 - Poll It 2.0 CGI Script Allows Files Read, Medium
SecurityFocus: 1431 - CGI-World Poll It Internal Variable Override Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2014 14:56
Updated: 05/12/2019 10:12
Changes: 06/25/2014 14:56 (76), 05/12/2019 10:12 (1)
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