LimeWire 4.1.2/4.5.6 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in LimeWire 4.1.2/4.5.6. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0788. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in LimeWire 4.1.2/4.5.6 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

LimeWire 4.1.2 through 4.5.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the full pathname in a Gnutella GET request.

The bug was discovered 01/01/2001. The weakness was shared 03/11/2005 by Kevin Walsh (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0788 since 03/20/2005. 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 are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

After 3 days, 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 1530 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17973 (Lime Wire Multiple Remote Unauthorized Access), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19693), Exploit-DB (879), Tenable (17973), SecurityFocus (BID 12802†) and OSVDB (14671†). The entry VDB-24090 is related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 17973
Nessus Name: Lime Wire Multiple Remote Unauthorized Access
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OpenVAS ID: 54902
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-37 (LimeWire)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/01/2001 🔍
03/11/2005 +1530 days 🔍
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03/14/2005 +1 days 🔍
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03/20/2005 +6 days 🔍
04/04/2005 +15 days 🔍
04/06/2005 +2 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3625 days 🔍
01/27/2025 +3611 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Kevin Walsh
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0788 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0788
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24089
X-Force: 19693
SecurityFocus: 12802 - Lime Wire Multiple Remote Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14555
OSVDB: 14671 - LimeWire HTTP Request Handling Arbitrary File Access
Vulnerability Center: 7492 - LimeWire 4.1.2 - 4.5.6 Allows Readinf Arbitrary Files via GET Request, Medium

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

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 01/27/2025 06:04
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (78), 06/05/2019 22:01 (4), 01/27/2025 06:04 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:09C:103

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