Virtual Hosting Control System up to 2.4.7.1 PHPSESSID improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in Virtual Hosting Control System up to 2.4.7.1. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument PHPSESSID with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Session fixation vulnerability in Virtual Hosting Control System (VHCS) 2.4.7.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by setting the PHPSESSID parameter.

The bug was discovered 07/21/2007. The weakness was released 07/25/2007 by David Vieira-Kurz (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-3988 since 07/25/2007. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25990 (VHCS PHPSESSID Cookie Session Fixation), 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 (35548) and Tenable (25990).

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 25990
Nessus Name: VHCS PHPSESSID Cookie Session Fixation
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: David Vieira-Kurz
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-3988 (🔍)
X-Force: 35548
Vulnerability Center: 16001 - Virtual Hosting Control System (VHCS) Vulnerability Allows Web Session Hijacking, Medium
SecurityFocus: 25006 - VHCS PHPSessionID Session Fixation Vulnerability
Secunia: 26142
OSVDB: 39368 - VHCS - PHPSessionID Session Fixation Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/25/2019 14:31
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (64), 07/25/2019 14:31 (6)
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