David Maciejak Athena Web Registration athenareg.php pass privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in David Maciejak Athena Web Registration. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file athenareg.php. The manipulation of the argument pass results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2004-1782. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in David Maciejak Athena Web Registration (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing of the file athenareg.php. The manipulation of the argument pass with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

athenareg.php in Athena Web Registration allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the pass parameter.

The bug was discovered 01/02/2004. The weakness was released 01/02/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1782 since 05/04/2005. 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 and a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:athenareg.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18376 (Athena Web Registration athenareg.php pass Parameter Command Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11483 (Athena Web Registration Remote Command Execution Vulnerability).

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 Exploit-DB (23513), Tenable (18376), SecurityFocus (BID 9349†), OSVDB (16861†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8205†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 18376
Nessus Name: Athena Web Registration athenareg.php pass Parameter Command Execution
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OpenVAS ID: 18376
OpenVAS Name: Athena Web Registration remote command execution flaw
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1782 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1782
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22896
SecurityFocus: 9349 - Athena Web Registration Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 16861 - Athena Web athenareg.php pass Variable Command Execution
Vulnerability Center: 8205 - Athena Web Registration athenareg.php Arbitrary Command Execution, High

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

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Created: 02/27/2015 16:06
Updated: 07/06/2025 15:15
Changes: 02/27/2015 16:06 (72), 06/04/2019 16:38 (1), 02/09/2025 21:37 (23), 07/06/2025 15:15 (3)
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