OReilly Website Professional up to 2.4.9 Webfind keywords memory corruption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in OReilly Website Professional up to 2.4.9. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Webfind. The manipulation of the argument keywords
with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Buffer overflow in Webfind CGI program in O Reilly WebSite Professional web server 2.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a URL containing a long "keywords" parameter.
The weakness was published 07/19/2000 by Barnaby Jack with Network Associates as not defined release notes (Website). The advisory is shared for download at website.oreilly.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0622. 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 and a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10475 (WebSite Pro webfind.exe keywords Parameter Remote Overflow), 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.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1849.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4962) and Tenable (10475).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 10475
Nessus Name: WebSite Pro webfind.exe keywords Parameter Remote Overflow
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Snort ID: 1849
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP webfind.exe access
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Sources
Advisory: website.oreilly.comResearcher: Barnaby Jack
Organization: Network Associates
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2000-0622 (🔍)
X-Force: 4962
Vulnerability Center: 157 - Buffer Overflow in O\x27Reilly/Deerfield WebSite 2.X, High
SecurityFocus: 1487 - O'Reilly WebSite 'webfind.exe' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 06/25/2014 15:42Updated: 05/05/2019 10:24
Changes: 06/25/2014 15:42 (77), 05/05/2019 10:24 (1)
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