Sun Cobalt Raq 2/4 service.cgi/alert.cgi cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Cobalt Raq 2/4. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the file service.cgi/alert.cgi. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0346. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Cobalt Raq 2/4. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file service.cgi/alert.cgi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cobalt RAQ 4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other Cobalt users via Javascript in a URL to (1) service.cgi or (2) alert.cgi.

The weakness was released 06/25/2002 by Alex Hernandez as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0346. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11748 (Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection), 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 10983 (Sun Cobalt RaQ Service.CGI Cross Scripting Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2195.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8321), Tenable (11748), SecurityFocus (BID 4211†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2082†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-14266, VDB-14277, VDB-14828 and VDB-15062. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 11748
Nessus Name: Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection
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OpenVAS ID: 11748
OpenVAS Name: Various dangerous cgi scripts
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 2195
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP alert.cgi access
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02/28/2002 🔍
06/25/2002 +117 days 🔍
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06/17/2003 +357 days 🔍
09/11/2003 +86 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3956 days 🔍
09/19/2025 +4088 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Alex Hernandez
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0346 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0346
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18331
X-Force: 8321
SecurityFocus: 4211 - Sun Cobalt RaQ Service.CGI Cross Scripting Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2082 - Cobalt RAQ Cross Site Scripting Attack, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 14:16
Updated: 09/19/2025 15:04
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:16 (75), 05/12/2019 22:06 (1), 09/19/2025 15:04 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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