Gnapster/Knapster privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Gnapster and Knapster. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0412. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Gnapster and Knapster (unknown version). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The gnapster and knapster clients for Napster do not properly restrict access only to MP3 files, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the client by specifying the full pathname for the file.

The weakness was presented 05/01/1999 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0412. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10408 (Gnapster Absolute Path Name Request Arbitrary File Access), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Peer-To-Peer File Sharing and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4462), Exploit-DB (19905), Tenable (10408), SecurityFocus (BID 1186†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1637†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 10408
Nessus Name: Gnapster Absolute Path Name Request Arbitrary File Access
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0412 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0412
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14628
X-Force: 4462
SecurityFocus: 1186 - Gnapster and Knapster File Access Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1637 - Gnapster and Knapster Clients for Napster Enable File Access, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2014 00:02
Updated: 01/27/2025 21:25
Changes: 06/21/2014 00:02 (65), 05/11/2019 10:52 (1), 01/27/2025 21:25 (19)
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