Novell GroupWise 5.5/6.0 Servlet Gateway privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Novell GroupWise 5.5/6.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Servlet Gateway. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-1195. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to add additional authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Novell GroupWise 5.5/6.0 (Groupware Software). Affected is an unknown part of the component Servlet Gateway. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Novell Groupwise 5.5 and 6.0 Servlet Gateway is installed with a default username and password for the servlet manager, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

The weakness was presented 12/15/2001 by Adam Gray with Novacoast as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-1195. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12122 (Novell Groupwise Servlet Manager Default Password), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Netware and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10730 (Novell Groupwise Servlet Gateway Default Authentication Vulnerability).

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2447.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7701), Exploit-DB (21182), Tenable (12122), SecurityFocus (BID 3697†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4133†). 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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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 12122
Nessus Name: Novell Groupwise Servlet Manager Default Password
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OpenVAS ID: 12122
OpenVAS Name: Novell Groupwise Servlet Manager default password
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Recommended: Authentication
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Snort ID: 2447
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP ServletManager access
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Adam Gray
Organization: Novacoast
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2001-1195 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1195
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17748
X-Force: 7701
SecurityFocus: 3697 - Novell Groupwise Servlet Gateway Default Authentication Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 4133 - Novell Groupwise 5.5 and 6.0 Servlet Default Authentication, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 11:42
Updated: 09/27/2025 22:34
Changes: 07/11/2014 11:42 (72), 05/21/2019 06:30 (6), 12/25/2024 12:07 (27), 09/27/2025 22:34 (3)
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