NCSA Campas cgi-bin Arbitrary Command Execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 10035

Synopsis

A web application running on the remote host has a command execution vulnerability.

Description

The remote web server appears to be NCSA httpd. This version of the web server comes with a sample CGI script, campas, that fails to properly sanitize user input. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server.

Solution

Remove the script from /cgi-bin.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 10035

File Name: campas.nasl

Version: 1.35

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/22/1999

Updated: 1/19/2021

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/1997

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0146

BID: 1975

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