Geneweb 4.05/4.06/4.07/4.08 URL privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Geneweb 4.05/4.06/4.07/4.08. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component URL Handler. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2002-1390. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Geneweb 4.05/4.06/4.07/4.08 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The daemon for GeneWeb before 4.09 does not properly handle requested paths, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

The bug was discovered 01/07/2003. The weakness was presented 01/17/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1390. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15060 (Debian DSA-223-1 : geneweb - information exposure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86462 (GeneWeb File Disclosure Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 4.09 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11021), Tenable (15060), SecurityFocus (BID 6549†), OSVDB (14527†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6347†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 15060
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-223-1 : geneweb - information exposure
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OpenVAS ID: 53303
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 223-1 (geneweb)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Geneweb 4.09

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08/07/2014 +3528 days 🔍
09/06/2025 +4048 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2002-1390 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1390
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20083
X-Force: 11021
SecurityFocus: 6549 - GeneWeb File Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 14527 - GeneWeb, Directory Traversal Attack
Vulnerability Center: 6347 - GeneWeb GeneWeb 4.0 5 - 4.0 8 Allows Reading Arbitrary Files via URL, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 16:57
Updated: 09/06/2025 05:58
Changes: 08/07/2014 16:57 (70), 06/04/2019 14:23 (4), 09/06/2025 05:58 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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