Paul M. Jones Phorecast 0.40 HTTP Request includedir privileges management

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.
7.0$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Paul M. Jones Phorecast 0.40. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component HTTP Request Handler. Such manipulation of the argument includedir leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2001-1049. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Paul M. Jones Phorecast 0.40. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument includedir 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:

Phorecast PHP script before 0.40 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files from remote web sites via an HTTP request that sets the includedir variable.

The weakness was published 10/02/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1049. 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 T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10413 (Paul M. Jones Phorecast Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 0.40 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7215), SecurityFocus (BID 3388†), OSVDB (1962†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6644†). Similar entries are available at VDB-17449, VDB-17451, VDB-17452 and VDB-17453. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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

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

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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: Phorecast 0.40
McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

SourceFire IPS: 🔍
ISS Proventia IPS: 🔍
PaloAlto IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

10/02/2001 🔍
10/02/2001 +0 days 🔍
10/02/2001 +0 days 🔍
10/02/2001 +0 days 🔍
12/29/2004 +1184 days 🔍
07/09/2014 +3479 days 🔍
09/30/2025 +4101 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2001-1049 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1049
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17450
X-Force: 7215
SecurityFocus: 3388 - Paul M. Jones Phorecast Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1962 - Paul M. Jones - Phorecast - Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 6644 - Code Execution in Paul M. Jones Phorecast 0.30 a via HTTP Request, High

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 15:12
Updated: 09/30/2025 06:51
Changes: 07/09/2014 15:12 (67), 06/03/2019 14:48 (2), 09/30/2025 06:51 (20)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to stay up to date on a daily basis?

Enable the mail alert feature now!