PGP Keyserver 7.0/7.0.1 Authentication /cgi-bin page_size improper authentication

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in PGP Keyserver 7.0/7.0.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file /cgi-bin of the component Authentication. The manipulation of the argument page_size with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Network Associates PGP Keyserver 7.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the administrative web interface via URLs that directly access cgi-bin instead of keyserver/cgi-bin for the programs (1) console, (2) cs, (3) multi_config and (4) directory.

The bug was discovered 08/03/2001. The weakness was shared 09/21/2001 by Nobuo Miwa (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1252. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/28/2019).

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 49 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling . Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1302. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 849.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (7203). The entry 81951 is related to this item.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Firewall
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Snort ID: 1302
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP console.exe access
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08/03/2001 🔍
09/21/2001 +49 days 🔍
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09/28/2001 +7 days 🔍
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07/09/2014 +3479 days 🔍
05/28/2019 +1784 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Nobuo Miwa
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2001-1252 (🔍)
X-Force: 7203
Vulnerability Center: 6631 - Network Associates PGP Keyserver 7.0, 7.0.1 Allows Bypassing Authentication via URL Request, Medium
SecurityFocus: 3375 - NAI PGP Keyserver Web Administration Interface Authentication Bypassing Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1955 - NAI PGP Keyserver console.exe Authentication Bypass

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 15:08
Updated: 05/28/2019 16:59
Changes: 07/09/2014 15:08 (74), 05/28/2019 16:59 (1)
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