Hosting Controller up to 6.1 AccountActions.asp PassCheck information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Hosting Controller up to 6.1 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file AccountActions.asp. The manipulation of the argument PassCheck leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-1620. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to add further authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hosting Controller up to 6.1 (Hosting Control Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the file AccountActions.asp. The manipulation of the argument PassCheck with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

admin/accounts/AccountActions.asp in Hosting Controller 2002 RC 1 allows remote attackers to modify passwords of other users, probably via an "Update User" ActionType with a modified UserName parameter and the PassCheck parameter set to TRUE. It was later reported that the vulnerability is present in 6.1 Hotfix 3.3 and earlier.

The weakness was released 04/02/2006 by Paolo Difebbo (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1620 since 04/05/2006. 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 T1592 for this issue.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:AccountActions.asp it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39038), Exploit-DB (4730), SecurityFocus (BID 26862†), OSVDB (24773†) and Secunia (SA28973†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-33051, VDB-40206, VDB-40205 and VDB-40204. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Authentication
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02/18/2008 +67 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Paolo Difebbo
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-1620 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1620
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29501
X-Force: 39038
SecurityFocus: 26862 - Hosting Controller Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28973 - Hosting Controller Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 24773 - Hosting Controller AccountActions.asp Unauthenticated Account Manipulation

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

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 10/12/2024 21:31
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (49), 08/24/2017 09:11 (17), 10/12/2024 21:31 (19)
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