Virtual Edge Netquery 3.11 nquser.php host privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Virtual Edge Netquery 3.11. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file nquser.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument host can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-2684. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Virtual Edge Netquery 3.11 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file nquser.php. The manipulation of the argument host 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

nquser.php in Virtual Edge Netquery 3.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the host parameter to a dig query.

The bug was discovered 08/23/2005. The weakness was published 08/23/2005 by rgod (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-2684 since 08/23/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

By approaching the search of inurl:nquser.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19503 (Netquery <= 3.11 nquser.php host Parameter 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21590), Tenable (19503), SecurityFocus (BID 14637†), OSVDB (18937†) and Secunia (SA16216†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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

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Nessus ID: 19503
Nessus Name: Netquery <= 3.11 nquser.php host Parameter Arbitrary Command Execution
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: rgod
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2684 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2684
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26140
X-Force: 21590
SecurityFocus: 14637 - Netquery Host Parameter Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 16216
OSVDB: 18937 - Netquery - Multiple Remote Issues
SecurityTracker: 1014750
Vulnerability Center: 9026 - Netquery 3.11 nquser.php Remote Code Execution, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/08/2019 16:40
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (62), 06/08/2019 16:40 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:670:103

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