Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.1 chetcpasswd.cgi USERID Password information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file chetcpasswd.cgi. This manipulation of the argument USERID causes information disclosure (Password). This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-2219. Additionally, an exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.1. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file chetcpasswd.cgi. The manipulation of the argument USERID with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Password). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

chetcpasswd.cgi in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.1 allows remote attackers to read the last line of the shadow file via a long user (userid) field.

The bug was discovered 12/22/2002. The weakness was released 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-2219 since 12/21/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10953 (CHETCPASSWD Shadow File Disclosure Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 2.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4754.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10946), Exploit-DB (22111), SecurityFocus (BID 6472†), OSVDB (35405†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1005847†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-19862, VDB-19863, VDB-33969 and VDB-33968. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name: Password
Class: Information disclosure / Password
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: chetcpasswd 2.1
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12/23/2002 +1 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +8 days 🔍
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08/29/2025 +4041 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2002-2219 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-2219
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19861
X-Force: 10946
SecurityFocus: 6472 - CHETCPASSWD Shadow File Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 35405 - CHETCPASSWD - Shadow - File Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1005847
Vulnerability Center: 13613 - Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd Allows to Read Shadow Files, Medium

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

Created: 08/06/2014 12:35
Updated: 08/29/2025 15:03
Changes: 08/06/2014 12:35 (67), 07/12/2019 16:59 (9), 08/01/2024 10:59 (17), 08/29/2025 15:03 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:45E:103

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