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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Mini Search Appliance. This affects an unknown function of the component Google Search. The manipulation of the argument proxystylesheet leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-3758. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Mini Search Appliance (affected version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Google Search. The manipulation of the argument proxystylesheet with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Mini Search Appliance, and possibly Google Search Appliance, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript, and possibly other web script or HTML, via a proxystylesheet variable that contains a malicious XSLT style sheet.

The bug was discovered 06/10/2005. The weakness was published 11/21/2005 by H D Moore with MetaSploit (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3758 since 11/22/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl Module and been published immediately 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 163 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20241 (Google Search Appliance proxystylesheet Parameter Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (XSS, Code Exec, ID)), 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.

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3948.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (20241), SecurityFocus (BID 15509†), OSVDB (20980†), Secunia (SA17644†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015246†). Similar entries are available at VDB-27034, VDB-27033, VDB-27032 and VDB-27031. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 20241
Nessus Name: Google Search Appliance proxystylesheet Parameter Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (XSS, Code Exec, ID)
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Suricata ID: 2002849
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: H D Moore
Organization: MetaSploit
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3758 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3758
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27035
SecurityFocus: 15509 - Google Search Appliance ProxyStyleSheet Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17644 - Google Mini Search Appliance Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 20980 - Google Search Appliance proxystylesheet XSLT XSS
SecurityTracker: 1015246
Vulnerability Center: 9788 - Google Search Appliance and Mini Search Appliance XSLT Style Sheet Cross Site Scripting, Low
Vupen: ADV-2005-2500

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

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/11/2019 22:31
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (84), 06/11/2019 22:31 (9)
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