CGI Script Center Account Manager 1.0 amadmin.pl setpasswd privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in CGI Script Center Account Manager 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file amadmin.pl. Performing a manipulation of the argument setpasswd results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2000-0689. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in CGI Script Center Account Manager 1.0. This affects an unknown code of the file amadmin.pl. The manipulation of the argument setpasswd 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. The summary by CVE is:

Account Manager LITE does not properly authenticate attempts to change the administrator password, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges for the Account Manager by directly calling the amadmin.pl script with the setpasswd parameter.

The weakness was released 08/23/2000 by n30 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0689. 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 public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at downloads.securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10101 (CGI Script Center Account Manager LITE/PRO Administrative Password Alteration Vulnerability).

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 databases at X-Force (5125), Exploit-DB (20164), SecurityFocus (BID 1604†), OSVDB (13341†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5359†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
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08/23/2000 🔍
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10/20/2000 +58 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +1266 days 🔍
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10/13/2025 +4126 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: n30
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2000-0689 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0689
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15831
X-Force: 5125 - Account Manager could allow a remote attacker to overwrite admin password
SecurityFocus: 1604 - CGI Script Center Account Manager LITE / PRO Administrative Password Alteration Vulnerability
OSVDB: 13341 - Account Manager LITE amadmin.pl Admin Password Modification
Vulnerability Center: 5359 - Account Manager LITE Allows Gaining Privileges via amadmin.pl Script, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2014 14:41
Updated: 10/13/2025 02:35
Changes: 06/27/2014 14:41 (69), 05/24/2019 17:37 (2), 07/15/2024 23:45 (19), 10/13/2025 02:35 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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