wzdftpd 0.5.4 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in wzdftpd 0.5.4 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-3081. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in wzdftpd 0.5.4 (File Transfer Software). This issue affects an unknown part. 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:

wzdftpd 0.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the SITE command.

The bug was discovered 09/26/2005. The weakness was published 09/25/2005 by kcope (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3081 since 09/27/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl Module and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22548 (Debian DSA-1006-1 : wzdftpd - missing input sanitising), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 8707.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22416), Exploit-DB (1231), Tenable (22548), SecurityFocus (BID 14935†) and OSVDB (19682†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 22548
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1006-1 : wzdftpd - missing input sanitising
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OpenVAS ID: 56456
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1006-1 (wzdftpd)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 8707
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03/16/2006 +170 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: kcope
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3081 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3081
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26435
X-Force: 22416
SecurityFocus: 14935 - Wzdftpd SITE Command Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 16936
OSVDB: 19682 - wzdftpd SITE Command Arbitrary Command Execution
Vulnerability Center: 12929 - wzdftpd Command Execution via SITE Command, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 01/17/2025 21:07
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (80), 07/09/2019 14:06 (9), 01/17/2025 21:07 (18)
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