Way To The Web Talkback 1.1 talkback.cgi Article path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Way To The Web Talkback 1.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the file talkback.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument Article leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0420. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Way To The Web Talkback 1.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file talkback.cgi. The manipulation of the argument article with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in talkback.cgi program allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the article parameter.

The bug was discovered 04/09/2001. The weakness was disclosed 06/18/2001 (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0420. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 70 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10333 (Way to the Web TalkBack.cgi Directory Traversal Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1719.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6340), Tenable (11748), SecurityFocus (BID 2547†), OSVDB (7715†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6509†). The entries VDB-14266, VDB-14277, VDB-14828 and VDB-15062 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
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Nessus ID: 11748
Nessus Name: Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection
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Upgrade: Talkback 1.2

Snort ID: 1719
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP talkback.cgi directory traversal attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0420 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0420
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16802
X-Force: 6340
SecurityFocus: 2547 - Way to the Web TalkBack.cgi Directory Traversal Vulnerability
OSVDB: 7715 - Way to the Web - TalkBack.cgi - Directory Traversal Issue
Vulnerability Center: 6509 - Directory Traversal in Way to the Web TalkBack 1.1 via talkback.cgi Script, Medium

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Created: 07/04/2014 14:15
Updated: 06/03/2019 11:05
Changes: 07/04/2014 14:15 (76), 06/03/2019 11:05 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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