Netwin Surgeldap up to 1.0g Administration Interface admin.cgi utoken Remote Code Execution

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Netwin Surgeldap up to 1.0g and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file admin.cgi of the component Administration Interface. The manipulation of the argument utoken leads to Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-2254. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Netwin Surgeldap up to 1.0g (Directory Service Software). This issue affects an unknown part of the file admin.cgi of the component Administration Interface. The manipulation of the argument utoken with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SurgeLDAP 1.0g (Build 12), and possibly other versions before 1.0h, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for the administration interface via a direct request to admin.cgi with a modified utoken parameter.

The bug was discovered 03/28/2004. The weakness was shared 05/06/2004 by Ziv Kamir (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2254 since 07/17/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 39 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 86659 (SurgeLDAP Web Administration Authentication Bypass Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.0g eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16076), Exploit-DB (24094), SecurityFocus (BID 10294†), OSVDB (5890†) and Secunia (SA11549†). The entry VDB-23158 is related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality 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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Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Surgeldap 1.0g

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netwininfosolutions.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: Ziv Kamir
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-2254 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2254
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23159
X-Force: 16076
SecurityFocus: 10294 - SurgeLDAP Web Administration Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 11549
OSVDB: 5890 - SurgeLDAP admin.cgi utoken Variable Authentication Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1010068
Vulnerability Center: 8876 - Authentication Bypass in SurgeLDAP 1.0g via Modified Utoken Parameter, High

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

Created: 03/09/2015 16:19
Updated: 07/06/2025 04:13
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:19 (69), 06/08/2019 09:49 (5), 09/19/2024 06:00 (19), 07/06/2025 04:13 (4)
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