Hosting Controller 6.1 statsbrowse.asp FilePath privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Hosting Controller 6.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file statsbrowse.asp. This manipulation of the argument FilePath causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1217. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Hosting Controller 6.1 (Hosting Control Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file statsbrowse.asp. The manipulation of the argument FilePath 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:

Hosting Controller 6.1 Hotfix 1.4, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to view arbitrary directories by specifying the target pathname in the FilePath parameter to (1) Statsbrowse.asp or (2) Generalbrowse.asp.

The bug was discovered 12/05/2004. The weakness was released 12/07/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1217 since 12/14/2004. 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 T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Mouse and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit 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 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:statsbrowse.asp it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 X-Force (18363), Exploit-DB (675), SecurityFocus (BID 11822†) and OSVDB (12295†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Mouse
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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12/05/2004 🔍
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12/06/2004 +1 days 🔍
12/07/2004 +1 days 🔍
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01/10/2005 +27 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3711 days 🔍
09/07/2025 +3834 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1217 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1217
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23761
X-Force: 18363 - Hosting Controller view files
SecurityFocus: 11822 - Hosting Controller FilePath Parameter File Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 12295 - Hosting Controller Statsbrowse.asp Arbitrary Directory Listing

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 09/07/2025 06:19
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (53), 07/21/2017 10:29 (13), 09/07/2025 06:19 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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