Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner up to 4.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner up to 4.0. The affected element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-0120. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner up to 4.0. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 4.0 Build 20060717 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via multiple HTTP requests containing invalid Content-Length values.

The weakness was disclosed 01/04/2007 by nitr0us (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-0120 since 01/08/2007. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by nitr0us in Perl and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.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 73307 (Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 4 < 4.0.20060717 Denial of Service), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

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 (31279), Exploit-DB (3078), Tenable (73307), SecurityFocus (BID 21898†) and OSVDB (37580†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: nitr0us
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Nessus ID: 73307
Nessus Name: Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 4 < 4.0.20060717 Denial of Service
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: nitr0us
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-0120 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0120
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34282
X-Force: 31279
SecurityFocus: 21898 - Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 37580 - Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) Invalid Content-Length HTTP Request DoS
Vulnerability Center: 43948 - Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 4.0 and Earlier Local DoS via Multiple HTTP Requests, Low

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 08/16/2024 00:04
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (66), 05/24/2017 11:36 (10), 08/16/2024 00:04 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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