Asterisk@Home up to 2.7 includes/main.conf information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Asterisk@Home up to 2.7 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file includes/main.conf. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2006-2020. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to strengthen authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Asterisk@Home up to 2.7 (Communications System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file includes/main.conf. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Asterisk Recording Interface (ARI) in Asterisk@Home before 2.8 stores recordings/includes/main.conf under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain password information.

The weakness was presented 04/20/2006 by Francois Harvey (Website). The advisory is shared at securiweb.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2020 since 04/25/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21303 (Asterisk Recording Interface (ARI) includes/main.conf Remote Credential Disclosure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

Upgrading to version 2.8 eliminates this vulnerability. It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be adding authentication.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25993), Exploit-DB (27716), Tenable (21303), SecurityFocus (BID 17641†) and OSVDB (24805†). See VDB-29894 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Communications System

Name

Asterisk@Home

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21303
Nessus Name: Asterisk Recording Interface (ARI) includes/main.conf Remote Credential Disclosure
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Authentication
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Upgrade: Asterisk@Home 2.8

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securiweb.net
Researcher: Francois Harvey
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2020 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2020
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29893
X-Force: 25993
SecurityFocus: 17641 - Asterisk Recording Interface Audio.PHP Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 19744 - ARI Information Disclosure Security Issue and Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 24805 - Asterisk Recording Interface (ARI) includes/main.conf Remote Credential Disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 11352 - Asterisk@Home Information Disclosure due to Insufficient Access Control, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-1457

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

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 05/17/2025 22:12
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (62), 08/24/2017 09:03 (14), 07/12/2021 08:41 (3), 05/17/2025 22:12 (23)
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