Baltimore Technologies WEBsweeper 4.02 Blacklist Filter privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Baltimore Technologies WEBsweeper 4.02. It has been declared as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Blacklist Filter. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-1152. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Baltimore Technologies WEBsweeper 4.02. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Blacklist Filter. 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. CVE summarizes:

Baltimore Technologies WEBsweeper 4.02, when used to manage URL blacklists, allows remote attackers to bypass blacklist restrictions and connect to unauthorized web servers by modifying the requested URL, including (1) a // (double slash), (2) a /SUBDIR/.. where the desired file is in the parentdir, (3) a /./, or (4) URL-encoded characters.

The weakness was shared 09/05/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1152. 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 T1068.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 62007 (Baltimore Technologies WEBsweeper Restricted Directory Disclosure Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6816), SecurityFocus (BID 3296†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4605†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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07/08/2014 +3668 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-1152 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1152
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17324
X-Force: 6816
SecurityFocus: 3296 - Baltimore Technologies WEBsweeper Restricted Directory Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4605 - Baltimore Technologies WEBsweeper 4.02 Allows Bypassing Blacklist Restrictions, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2014 22:09
Updated: 09/27/2025 23:40
Changes: 07/08/2014 22:09 (55), 05/22/2019 16:03 (2), 09/27/2025 23:40 (18)
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