A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Novell Web Server 2.0 (Web Server). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file files.pl of the component Examples Toolkit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in files.pl script in Novell WebServer Examples Toolkit 2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

The weakness was disclosed 01/15/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1081. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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 851. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 1315.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (2054).

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• Web Server

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• Novell

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• Web Server

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• 2.0

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• commercial

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• end of life

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