Virgil CGI Scanner up to 0.9 virgil.cgi tar/zielport privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Virgil CGI Scanner up to 0.9. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file virgil.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument tar/zielport with the input -le/bin/sh leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2002-1938. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Virgil CGI Scanner up to 0.9 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file virgil.cgi. The manipulation of the argument tar/zielport with the input value -le/bin/sh leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Virgil CGI Scanner 0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the (1) tar (TARGET) or (2) zielport (ZIELPORT) parameters.

The weakness was published 10/22/2002 by Joschka Fischer and Kalif Research Group with KALIF Research Group as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. The public release happened without coordination with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1938 since 06/29/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068. The following code is the reason for this vulnerability: 

TARGET=`echo $QUERY_STRING | awk 'BEGIN{FS="&"}{print $1}' |sed s/"tar="//`
ZIELPORT=`echo $QUERY_STRING | awk 'BEGIN{FS="&"}{print $2}' |sed s/"zielport="// |sed "s/-//g"`

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling Web Server Port. It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding .htaccess as an authentication mechanism. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10444), SecurityFocus (BID 6031†), OSVDB (4854†) and Secunia (SA7368†). securiteam.com is providing further details. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CGI Scanner 1.0
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Timelineinfo

10/22/2002 🔍
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10/23/2002 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +69 days 🔍
03/17/2004 +442 days 🔍
06/29/2005 +468 days 🔍
08/05/2014 +3324 days 🔍
09/05/2019 +1857 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Joschka Fischer, Kalif Research Group
Organization: KALIF Research Group
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-1938 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1938
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19580
X-Force: 10444 - Virgil CGI Scanner could allow an attacker to execute remote commands, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 6031 - Virgil CGI Scanner Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 7368 - Virgil CGI Scanner vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 4854 - Virgil CGI Security Scanner Arbitrary Remote Command Execution

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

Created: 08/05/2014 11:02
Updated: 09/05/2019 13:38
Changes: 08/05/2014 11:02 (72), 09/05/2019 13:38 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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