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News Desk newsdesk.cgi t Parameter Traversal Arbitrary File Access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 10586

Synopsis

The remote service is vulnerable to information disclosure.

Description

The 'newsdesk.cgi' CGI is installed. This CGI has a well known security flaw that lets an attacker read arbitrary files with the privileges of the http daemon (usually root or nobody).

Solution

Remove newsdesk.cgi from the system.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/52

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 10586

File Name: newsdesk.nasl

Version: 1.30

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/4/2001

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0231

BID: 2172