Miva htmlscript privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Miva htmlscript. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-1999-0264. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Miva htmlscript (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was released 01/27/1998 by FIRST. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0264. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10106 (Miva htmlscript Traversal Arbitrary File Access), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10004 (htmlscript CGI Directory Traversal Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 826. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 780.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (1466), Exploit-DB (20434), Tenable (10106), SecurityFocus (BID 2001†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-240†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10106
Nessus Name: Miva htmlscript Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 826
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP htmlscript access
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06/22/1999 +511 days 🔍
11/25/2002 +1252 days 🔍
06/18/2014 +4223 days 🔍
04/17/2026 +4321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Researcher: FIRST
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0264 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0264
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14066
X-Force: 1466
SecurityFocus: 2001 - Miva htmlscript 2.x Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 240 - HtmlScript CGI file read, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 23:40
Updated: 04/17/2026 07:57
Changes: 06/18/2014 23:40 (67), 05/05/2019 17:29 (3), 07/07/2024 20:52 (25), 04/17/2026 07:57 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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