Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-2531. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 (Network Management Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 only verifies the users identity via HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to spoof being a trusted console and bypass authentication by setting HTTP User-Agent header to "Ipswitch/1.0" and the User-Application header to "NmConsole".

The bug was discovered 05/17/2006. The weakness was disclosed 05/22/2006 by Kenneth F. Belva (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2531 since 05/22/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.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 21572 (Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional Crafted Header Authentication Bypass), 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26529), Exploit-DB (27891), Tenable (21572), SecurityFocus (BID 18019†) and OSVDB (25839†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21572
Nessus Name: Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional Crafted Header Authentication Bypass
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OpenVAS ID: 80067
OpenVAS Name: Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional Authentication bypass detection
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ipswitch.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Kenneth F. Belva
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2531 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2531
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30367
X-Force: 26529
SecurityFocus: 18019 - Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
OSVDB: 25839 - Ipswitch - WhatsUp Professional 2006 - Authentication Bypass Issue
Vulnerability Center: 11526 - Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional Bypass Authentication via Spoofed Headers, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-1849

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 01/06/2025 23:59
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (69), 06/18/2019 14:38 (6), 01/06/2025 23:59 (22)
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