VDB-81993 · XFDB 8478 · BID 4312

Big Sam Guestbook bigsam_guestbook.php denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Big Sam Guestbook (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality of the file bigsam_guestbook.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The bug was discovered 03/15/2002. The weakness was presented 03/19/2002 by Ahmet Sabri Alper (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. Technical details and a exploit are known.

After before and not just, 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 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:bigsam_guestbook.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 (8478). See 18518 for similar entry.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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03/17/2002 +2 days 🔍
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04/11/2016 +4385 days 🔍
10/02/2018 +904 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Ahmet Sabri Alper
Status: Not defined
X-Force: 8478
SecurityFocus: 4312 - Big Sam Web Root Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5288 - Big Sam bigsam_guestbook.php DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 04/11/2016 17:16
Updated: 10/02/2018 08:53
Changes: 04/11/2016 17:16 (44), 10/02/2018 08:53 (5)
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