Darryl Burgdorf Webhints 1.3 hints.pl privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Darryl Burgdorf Webhints 1.3. The affected element is an unknown function of the file hints.pl. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-1950. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Darryl Burgdorf Webhints 1.3 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file hints.pl. 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:

hints.pl in Webhints 1.03 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the argument.

The bug was discovered 06/11/2005. The weakness was presented 06/09/2005 by blahplok (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1950 since 06/14/2005. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18478 (WebHints hints.pl Arbitrary 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 12211 (Darryl Burgdorf Webhints 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 X-Force (20987), Exploit-DB (1039), Tenable (18478), SecurityFocus (BID 13930†) and OSVDB (17287†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 18478
Nessus Name: WebHints hints.pl Arbitrary Command Execution
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OpenVAS ID: 18478
OpenVAS Name: WebHints remote command execution flaw
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: blahplok
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1950 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1950
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25493
X-Force: 20987
SecurityFocus: 13930 - Darryl Burgdorf Webhints Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 15652 - WebHints Shell Command Injection Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 17287 - WebHints hints.pl Arbitrary Command Execution
SecurityTracker: 1014173
Vulnerability Center: 8358 - Remote Code Execution in Webhints 1.03 via Shell Metacharacters in \x27hints.pl\x27 Script, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/30/2025 10:09
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (85), 06/04/2019 20:28 (2), 12/02/2024 00:42 (20), 06/30/2025 10:09 (3)
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