Duncan Hall Viralator 0.7/0.8/0.9 Pre1 Download privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Duncan Hall Viralator 0.7/0.8/0.9 Pre1. This affects an unknown function of the component Download Handler. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2001-0849. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Duncan Hall Viralator 0.7/0.8/0.9 Pre1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Download Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

viralator CGI script in Viralator 0.9pre1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URL for a file being downloaded, which is insecurely passed to a call to wget.

The weakness was disclosed 12/06/2001 with Developer (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0849. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11107 (Viralator CGI Script Arbitrary Command Execution), 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 10230 (Viralator CGI Input Validation Remote Shell Command Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 0.9 pre2 eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1996.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7440), Tenable (11107), SecurityFocus (BID 3495†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1252†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: 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: 11107
Nessus Name: Viralator CGI Script Arbitrary Command Execution
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OpenVAS ID: 80093
OpenVAS Name: viralator
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Viralator 0.9 pre2

Snort ID: 1996
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP viralator.cgi access
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08/10/2001 🔍
12/06/2001 +118 days 🔍
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08/22/2002 +259 days 🔍
06/23/2003 +305 days 🔍
07/10/2014 +4035 days 🔍
10/02/2025 +4102 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Organization: Developer
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0849 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0849
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17707
X-Force: 7440
SecurityFocus: 3495 - Viralator CGI Input Validation Remote Shell Command Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1252 - Viralator CGI Allows Arbitrary Code Execution, High

Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2014 23:16
Updated: 10/02/2025 21:14
Changes: 07/10/2014 23:16 (71), 05/10/2019 09:24 (3), 10/02/2025 21:14 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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