Working Resources Inc. BadBlue 1.7.3 Enterprise/1.7.3 Personal HTTP Request EXT.INI File information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Working Resources Inc. BadBlue 1.7.3 Enterprise/1.7.3 Personal. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file EXT.INI of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (File). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2002-1021. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Working Resources Inc. BadBlue 1.7.3 Enterprise/1.7.3 Personal. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the file EXT.INI of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (File). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

BadBlue server allows remote attackers to read restricted files, such as EXT.INI, via an HTTP request that contains a hex-encoded null byte.

The weakness was published 10/04/2002 by Matthew Murphy (mattmurphy) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1021. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:EXT.INI it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11064 (BadBlue Hex-encoded Null Byte Request Arbitrary File Access), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86459 (Working Resources BadBlue Null Byte File Disclosure 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 (9557), Exploit-DB (21616), Tenable (11064), SecurityFocus (BID 5226†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1321†). Similar entries are available at VDB-18937 and VDB-18936. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Name: File
Class: Information disclosure / File
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 11064
Nessus Name: BadBlue Hex-encoded Null Byte Request Arbitrary File Access
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OpenVAS ID: 11064
OpenVAS Name: BadBlue invalid null byte vulnerability
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07/13/2002 🔍
08/06/2002 +24 days 🔍
10/04/2002 +59 days 🔍
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06/26/2003 +265 days 🔍
07/29/2014 +4051 days 🔍
09/10/2025 +4061 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Matthew Murphy (mattmurphy)
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1021 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1021
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18935
X-Force: 9557
SecurityFocus: 5226 - Working Resources BadBlue Null Byte File Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1321 - BadBlue Server Allows Restricted File Read, Medium

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

Created: 07/29/2014 12:02
Updated: 09/10/2025 15:27
Changes: 07/29/2014 12:02 (68), 05/10/2019 12:24 (4), 07/13/2025 18:37 (27), 09/10/2025 15:27 (3)
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