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Ananconda Partners Clipper anacondaclip.pl Traversal Arbitrary File Access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 10644

Synopsis

The remote host contains a Perl script which is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability.

Description

The CGI script 'anacondaclip', which comes with anacondaclip.pl, is installed on this machine. This CGI has a well-known security flaw that allows an attacker to read arbitrary files on the remote system with the privileges of the HTTP daemon (usually root or nobody).

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Mar/422

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 10644

File Name: anacondaclip.nasl

Version: 1.33

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/28/2001

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: 3/27/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0593

BID: 2512