CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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9.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Puppet Master webutil 2.3 (Service Management Software). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown code block of the file webutil.pl. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
cgi-bin/webutil.pl in The Puppet Master WebUtil 2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the whois command.
The weakness was shared 03/21/2008 by Zero X (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-6556 since 03/30/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/24/2017).
After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
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 vulnerability database at X-Force (49820). The entries 47410 and 47408 are related to this item.
Product
Type
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Name
Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.3
VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
03/21/2008 🔍03/21/2008 🔍
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01/01/2009 🔍
03/30/2009 🔍
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03/17/2015 🔍
08/24/2017 🔍
Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Researcher: Zero X
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-6556 (🔍)
X-Force: 49820
SecurityFocus: 28393 - Webutil 'webutil.pl' Multiple Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 51181 - Webutil webutil.pl Arbitrary Command Execution
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 23:38Updated: 08/24/2017 08:57
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (48), 08/24/2017 08:57 (11)
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