Working Resources Inc. Badblue HTTP POST Request improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Working Resources Inc. Badblue Enterprise 1.7/Enterprise 1.7.2/Enterprise 1.7.3/Enterprise 1.7.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-2170. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Working Resources Inc. Badblue Enterprise 1.7/Enterprise 1.7.2/Enterprise 1.7.3/Enterprise 1.7.4. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Working Resources Inc. BadBlue Enterprise Edition 1.7 through 1.74 attempts to restrict administrator actions to the IP address of the local host, but does not provide additional authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page containing an HTTP POST request that accesses the dir.hts page on the localhost and adds an entire hard drive to be shared.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 by Matthew Murphy (mattmurphy) (Website). The advisory is shared for download at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-2170 since 11/16/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (9642), Exploit-DB (21630) and SecurityFocus (BID 5276†). 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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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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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: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/20/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +164 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
11/16/2005 +1051 days 🔍
08/06/2014 +3185 days 🔍
07/14/2025 +3995 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2002-2170 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-2170
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19812
X-Force: 9642
SecurityFocus: 5276 - Working Resources BadBlue Administrative Interface Arbitrary File Access Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2014 12:20
Updated: 07/14/2025 05:58
Changes: 08/06/2014 12:20 (42), 06/11/2018 08:50 (10), 07/11/2024 12:59 (17), 07/14/2025 05:58 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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