aVirt Avirt Gateway Suite 4.2 Telnet Proxy privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in aVirt Avirt Gateway Suite 4.2. This affects an unknown part of the component Telnet Proxy. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0134. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in aVirt Avirt Gateway Suite 4.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Telnet Proxy. 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:

Telnet proxy in Avirt Gateway Suite 4.2 does not require authentication for connecting to the proxy system itself, which allows remote attackers to list file contents of the proxy and execute arbitrary commands via a "dos" command.

The weakness was released 03/25/2002 by Strumpf Noir Society as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0134. 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 11096 (Avirt Gateway Suite Telnet Proxy Arbitrary Command Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38083 (Avirt Gateway Suite Telnet Proxy Remote SYSTEM Access 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 (7915), Tenable (11096), SecurityFocus (BID 3901†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1522†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source 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: 11096
Nessus Name: Avirt Gateway Suite Telnet Proxy Arbitrary Command Execution
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OpenVAS ID: 11096
OpenVAS Name: Avirt gateway insecure telnet proxy
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/17/2002 🔍
03/25/2002 +67 days 🔍
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08/21/2002 +149 days 🔍
07/29/2003 +342 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +4000 days 🔍
09/22/2025 +4091 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Strumpf Noir Society
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0134 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0134
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18031
X-Force: 7915 - Avirt Gateway Suite Telnet proxy could allow unauthorized access
SecurityFocus: 3901 - Avirt Gateway Suite Telnet Proxy Remote SYSTEM Access Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1522 - Avirt Gateway Suite Telnet Proxy Allows Content Browsing and Command Execution, High

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:47
Updated: 09/22/2025 15:56
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:47 (70), 05/10/2019 22:35 (1), 09/22/2025 15:56 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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