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9.3	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Puppet Master webutil 2.7 (Service Management Software). It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file webutil.pl. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

cgi-bin/webutil.pl in The Puppet Master WebUtil 2.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the details command.

The weakness was published 03/21/2008 by Zero X (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-6557 since 03/30/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a exploit are known. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of 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 (49821). Similar entries are available at 47409 and 47408.

Productinfo

Type

• Service Management Software

Vendor

• Puppet Master

Name

• webutil

Version

• 2.7

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.3

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/21/2008 🔍
03/21/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/21/2008 +0 days 🔍
01/01/2009 +286 days 🔍
03/30/2009 +87 days 🔍
03/30/2009 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2178 days 🔍
08/24/2017 +891 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Zero X
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-6557 (🔍)
X-Force: 49821
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
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 08/24/2017 08:58
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (48), 08/24/2017 08:58 (11)
Complete: 🔍

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