Trend Micro Virus Buster cgiWebupdate.exe Arbitrary File Retrieval

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11722

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Synopsis

The remote web server is hosting a CGI application that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The CGI 'cgiWebupdate.exe' exists on this web server. Some versions of this file are vulnerable to remote exploit.

An attacker can use this hole to gain access to confidential data or escalate their privileges on the web server.

*** Note that Nessus solely relied on the existence of the *** cgiWebupdate.exe file.

Solution

Trend Micro has released a patch that addresses this issue.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11722

File Name: cgiwebupdate.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/11/2003

Updated: 1/19/2021

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-1150

BID: 3216