Verity Ultraseek 5.6 Error Message information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Verity Ultraseek 5.6. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Verity Ultraseek before 5.7 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct requests with (1) a null ("%00") terminated url parameter to help/urlstatusgo.html; or missing parameters to (2) help/header.html, (3) help/footer.html, (4) spell.html, (5) coreforma.html, (6) daterange.html, (7) hits.html, (8) hitsnavbottom.html, (9) indexform.html, (10) indexforma.html, (11) languages.html, (12) nohits.html, (13) onehit1.html, (14) onehit2.html, (15) query.html, (16) queryform0.html, (17) queryform0a.html, (18) queryform1.html, (19) queryform1a.html, (20) queryform2.html, (21) queryform2a.html, (22) quicklinks.html, (23) relatedtopics.html, (24) signin.html, (25) subtopics.html, (26) thesaurus.html, (27) topics.html, (28) hitspagebar.html, (29) highlight/highlight.html, (30) highlight/highlight_one.html, and (31) highlight/topnav.html, which leaks the installation path in the resulting error message.

The bug was discovered 02/01/2006. The weakness was presented 11/15/2006 by Sullo (Website). The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-5970 since 11/17/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

After 1 days, 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 287 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23651 (Verity Ultraseek < 5.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 to version 5.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30314) and Tenable (23651). See 33329, 33327, 84837 and 84838 for similar entries.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 23651
Nessus Name: Verity Ultraseek < 5.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ultraseek 5.7

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Researcher: Sullo
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5970 (🔍)
X-Force: 30314
SecurityTracker: 1017235
Vulnerability Center: 13103 - Verity Ultraseek Multiple Installation Path Discolsure Vulnerabilities, Medium
SecurityFocus: 21120 - Verity Ultraseek Information Disclosure and Request Proxying Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22892 - Verity Ultraseek Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 30287 - Verity Ultraseek Multiple Script Malformed Request Path Disclosure

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/10/2019 18:47
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (81), 07/10/2019 18:47 (2)
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