Lars Ellingsen Guestserver 4.12 guestserver.cgi email privileges management
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Lars Ellingsen Guestserver 4.12. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file guestserver.cgi. Performing a manipulation of the argument email results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2001-0180. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Lars Ellingsen Guestserver 4.12. It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown function of the file guestserver.cgi. The manipulation of the argument email 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:
Lars Ellingsen guestserver.cgi allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the "email" parameter.
The weakness was released 05/03/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0180. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/20/2019). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11748 (Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection), 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.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2211.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6027), Tenable (11748), SecurityFocus (BID 1784†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3831†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-14266, VDB-14277, VDB-14828 and VDB-15062. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4
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VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 11748
Nessus Name: Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Snort ID: 2211
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP Lars Ellingsen guestserver.cgi access
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Timeline
05/03/2001 🔍05/03/2001 🔍
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06/17/2003 🔍
02/23/2004 🔍
07/03/2014 🔍
05/20/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-0180 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0180
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16611
X-Force: 6027
SecurityFocus: 1784
Vulnerability Center: 3831 - Lars Ellingsen guestserver.cgi Enables Arbitrary Command Execution, High
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Entry
Created: 07/03/2014 17:09Updated: 05/20/2019 08:42
Changes: 07/03/2014 17:09 (66), 05/20/2019 08:42 (2)
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