Websense /? Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Websense. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument /? leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-2035. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Websense (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument /? with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Websense, when configured to permit access to the dynamic content category, allows local users to bypass intended blocking of the Uncategorized category by appending a "/?" sequence to a URL.

The weakness was shared 04/25/2006 by Qex (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2035 since 04/25/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25980) and OSVDB (25211†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Temp Score: 4.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/20/2006 🔍
04/25/2006 +5 days 🔍
04/25/2006 +0 days 🔍
04/25/2006 +0 days 🔍
05/03/2006 +8 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3234 days 🔍
09/10/2017 +913 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Qex
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2035 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2035
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29909
X-Force: 25980 - Websense \
OSVDB: 25211 - Websense Crafted URL Uncategorized Filter Bypass

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/10/2017 10:34
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (43), 09/10/2017 10:34 (9)
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Cache ID: 216:B3F:103

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