BRS Webweaver up to 0.62 Beta path traversal

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.1$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in BRS Webweaver up to 0.62 Beta. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2001-0453. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in BRS Webweaver up to 0.62 Beta. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation 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 BRS WebWeaver HTTP server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in the (1) syshelp, (2) sysimages, or (3) scripts directories.

The weakness was presented 06/27/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0453. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 27072 (BRS WebWeaver Directory Traversal and Root Path Disclosure Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 0.63 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6476), SecurityFocus (BID 2675†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6490†). See VDB-16867 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Webweaver 0.63

Timelineinfo

04/28/2001 🔍
04/28/2001 +0 days 🔍
06/27/2001 +60 days 🔍
06/27/2001 +0 days 🔍
12/14/2004 +1266 days 🔍
07/04/2014 +3489 days 🔍
05/27/2019 +1788 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2001-0453 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16868
X-Force: 6476
SecurityFocus: 2675 - BRS WebWeaver Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 6490 - Directory Traversal in BRS WebWeaver 0.49 beta - 0.62 beta via Dot-Dot Attack, Medium

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2014 17:10
Updated: 05/27/2019 11:30
Changes: 07/04/2014 17:10 (60), 05/27/2019 11:30 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you know our Splunk app?

Download it now for free!