OReilly Website Pro 2.3.7 uploader.exe privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OReilly Website Pro 2.3.7. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file uploader.exe. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2000-0769. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OReilly Website Pro 2.3.7. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the file uploader.exe. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

O Reilly WebSite Pro 2.3.7 installs the uploader.exe program with execute permissions for all users, which allows remote attackers to create and execute arbitrary files by directly calling uploader.exe.

The weakness was released 10/20/2000 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0769. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10038 (O'Reilly WebSite Pro uploader.exe 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 837.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5157), SecurityFocus (BID 1611†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4764†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 837
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP uploader.exe access
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Timelineinfo

08/24/2000 🔍
08/24/2000 +0 days 🔍
10/20/2000 +57 days 🔍
10/20/2000 +0 days 🔍
07/19/2004 +1368 days 🔍
06/27/2014 +3630 days 🔍
10/12/2025 +4125 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0769 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0769
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15911
X-Force: 5157
SecurityFocus: 1611 - O'Reilly WebSite Pro Write Access Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4764 - O'Reilly WebSite Pro <= 2.3.7 Allows File Execution by Calling uploader.exe, High

Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2014 17:37
Updated: 10/12/2025 20:32
Changes: 06/27/2014 17:37 (40), 05/23/2019 10:10 (22), 10/12/2025 20:32 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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