Oscar Nierstrasz Htgrep 3.0 hdr privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Oscar Nierstrasz Htgrep 3.0 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation of the argument hdr results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0832. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oscar Nierstrasz Htgrep 3.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument hdr 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. The summary by CVE is:

Htgrep CGI program allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the full pathname in the hdr parameter.

The weakness was presented 11/14/2000 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0832. 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 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10495 (htgrep hdr Parameter 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 10135 (Oscar Nierstrasz Htgrep CGI Arbitrary File Viewing 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 1207. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 771.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5476), Tenable (10495) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1177†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Nessus ID: 10495
Nessus Name: htgrep hdr Parameter Arbitrary File access
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 1207
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP htgrep access
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08/24/2000 🔍
11/14/2000 +82 days 🔍
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06/27/2014 +4047 days 🔍
10/12/2025 +4125 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0832 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0832
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15963
X-Force: 5476
Vulnerability Center: 1177 - Htgrep allows Arbitrary File Read, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2014 18:12
Updated: 10/12/2025 19:44
Changes: 06/27/2014 18:12 (67), 05/09/2019 20:54 (1), 10/12/2025 19:44 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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