FtpLocate 2.02 flsearch.pl fsite privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in FtpLocate 2.02. It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file flsearch.pl. The manipulation of the argument fsite 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:

flsearch.pl in FtpLocate 2.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an HTTP GET request.

The bug was discovered 07/15/2005. The weakness was presented 07/25/2005 by newbug (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2420 since 08/03/2005. 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. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/07/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19300 (FtpLocate flsearch.pl fsite Parameter Remote File Inclusion), 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21540), Tenable (19300) and Exploit-DB (1120).

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

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Nessus ID: 19300
Nessus Name: FtpLocate flsearch.pl fsite Parameter Remote File Inclusion
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: newbug
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2420 (🔍)
X-Force: 21540
SecurityTracker: 1014570
Vulnerability Center: 8784 - FtpLocate Remote Arbitrary Command Execution via Malformed Input to \x27fsite\x27 Parameter, High
SecurityFocus: 14367 - FTPLocate Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 16218 - FtpLocate Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 18305 - FtpLocate flsearch.pl fsite Parameter Remote File Inclusion

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

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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/07/2019 21:20
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (69), 06/07/2019 21:20 (13)
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