Finjan Surfingate 6.0/6.0.1 Access Restriction privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Finjan Surfingate 6.0/6.0.1 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Access Restriction. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-1962. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Finjan Surfingate 6.0/6.0.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input 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:

Finjan Software SurfinGate 6.0 and 6.0 1 allows remote attackers to bypass URL access restrictions via a URL with an IP address instead of a hostname.

The weakness was shared 12/31/2002 by Marc Ruef with scip AG (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1962 since 06/29/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

A public exploit has been developed by Marc Ruef in URL. It is declared as highly functional.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10038) and SecurityFocus (BID 5629†). The entry VDB-19603 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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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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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Marc Ruef
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

09/04/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +118 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/29/2005 +911 days 🔍
08/05/2014 +3324 days 🔍
04/23/2025 +3914 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Marc Ruef
Organization: scip AG
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-1962 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1962
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19604
X-Force: 10038
SecurityFocus: 5629 - Finjan SurfinGate IP Address To Hostname URL Filter Bypassing Vulnerability

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

Created: 08/05/2014 11:22
Updated: 04/23/2025 05:37
Changes: 08/05/2014 11:22 (60), 06/10/2018 09:13 (2), 07/07/2024 04:58 (17), 04/23/2025 05:37 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:A7A:103

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