inserter.cgi privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in inserter.cgi. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-1299. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in inserter.cgi (version now known) and classified as very critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The inserter.cgi script allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the argument.

The weakness was presented 04/25/2005 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1299 since 04/26/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/10/2015). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18149 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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 Tenable (18149) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7775†). See VDB-24234 and VDB-24232 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 18149

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04/25/2005 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3597 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1299 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1299
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24233
Vulnerability Center: 7775 - Arbitrary Commands Execution in \x27inserter.cgi\x27 Script via Shell Metacharacters Inclusion, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (52)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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