VDB-19371 · CVE-2002-1728 · XFDB 9004

askSam Web Publisher 1.0/4.0 Error Message Path information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in askSam Web Publisher 1.0/4.0. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Path). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

askSam Web Publisher 1.0 and 4.0 allows remote attackers to determine the full path to the web root directory via a request for a file that does not exist, which generates an error message that reveals the full path.

The bug was discovered 05/04/2002. The weakness was released 12/31/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1728 since 06/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 241 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10629 (askSam Web Publisher Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability).

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 1753.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (9004). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 19370, 19372 and 19373.

Productinfo

Vendor

askSam

Name

Web Publisher

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Path
Class: Information disclosure / Path
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 1753
Snort Message: SERVER-IIS as_web.exe access
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Timelineinfo

05/04/2002 🔍
05/04/2002 +0 days 🔍
05/05/2002 +1 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +240 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/21/2005 +903 days 🔍
12/21/2006 +548 days 🔍
08/04/2014 +2783 days 🔍
07/12/2019 +1803 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1728 (🔍)
X-Force: 9004 - askSam Web Publisher path disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 13542 - askSam Web Publisher Web Root Path Disclosure in Error Message, Medium
SecurityFocus: 4670 - askSam Web Publisher Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 27076 - CVE-2002-1728 - askSam Web Publisher - Information Disclosure Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 16:37
Updated: 07/12/2019 14:30
Changes: 08/04/2014 16:37 (69), 07/12/2019 14:30 (3)
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