Wingate 5.0.5/5.2.3/6.0 Beta 2 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Wingate 5.0.5/5.2.3/6.0 Beta 2. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2004-0578. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wingate 5.0.5/5.2.3/6.0 Beta 2. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. 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:

wingate 5.2.3 build 901 and 6.0 beta 2 build 942 and other versions such as 5.0.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via leading slash (//) characters in a url request to the wingate-internal directory.

The weakness was published 12/06/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0578 since 06/17/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86668 (Qbik WinGate Information Disclosure Vulnerability).

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16589), SecurityFocus (BID 10646†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6317†). Similar entry is available at VDB-22524. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Status: Highly functional

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06/17/2004 🔍
07/01/2004 +14 days 🔍
12/06/2004 +158 days 🔍
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04/14/2015 +3781 days 🔍
07/12/2025 +3742 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22525
X-Force: 16589 - WinGate internal directory information disclosure
SecurityFocus: 10646 - Qbik WinGate Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 6317

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:25
Updated: 07/12/2025 19:20
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:25 (44), 06/22/2018 07:46 (8), 07/06/2024 01:55 (17), 04/23/2025 05:37 (2), 07/12/2025 19:20 (2)
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