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ELMAH (Error Logging Modules and Handlers) Remotely Accessible

🗓️ 03 Apr 2014 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
🔗 www.tenable.com👁 39 Views

The web server hosts a remotely accessible error logging application. The ELMAH (Error Logging Modules and Handlers) application is accessible without authentication, posing a security risk

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(73317);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");

  script_name(english:"ELMAH (Error Logging Modules and Handlers) Remotely Accessible");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The web server hosts a remotely accessible error logging application.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote web server hosts ELMAH, an error logging application used
with ASP.NET web applications. The elmah.axd script was accessed
remotely without authentication, which could provide detailed
information that could provide a remote, unauthenticated attacker with
sensitive data that could be used to launch further attacks.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://code.google.com/archive/p/elmah");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://code.google.com/archive/p/elmah/wikis/SecuringErrorLogPages.wiki");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Restrict access to elmah.axd.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/04/03");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/a:elmah:elmah");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2022 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("http_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("www/ASP");
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
include("webapp_func.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80, asp:TRUE);
app = "ELMAH";

dirs = make_list(cgi_dirs());
url = "/elmah.axd";
not_access = make_list();
vuln = make_list();
found = FALSE;

foreach dir (dirs)
{
  mod_dir = ereg_replace(pattern:"^/", string:dir, replace:"");

  res = http_send_recv3(
    method : "GET",
    item   : dir + url,
    port   : port,
    exit_on_fail : TRUE
  );

  p = 'Error Log for \\<span id="ApplicationName" title="(.+)/' + mod_dir +
  '"\\>'+mod_dir;

  if (
    (egrep(pattern:'Powered by \\<a href="http://elmah\\.googlecode\\.com/"\\>ELMAH\\</a\\>', string:res[2])) &&
    (egrep(pattern:p, string:res[2]))
  )
  {
    found = TRUE;
    vuln = make_list(vuln, dir+url);
  }
  else if (
    'You are attempting to access ELMAH from a remote machine' >< res[2] &&
    '<title>Forbidden</title>' >< res[2] &&
    # Only flag when checking the root of the application directory to prevent
    # flagging every subdirectory as it's own install
    dir =~ '^^/[^/]+$'
  )
  {
    not_access = make_list(not_access, build_url(qs:dir+url, port:port));
  }
  if (!thorough_tests && (max_index(vuln) != 0)) break;
}

if ((max_index(vuln) == 0) && (max_index(not_access) == 0))
  audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_INST, app, port);

if (found)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    report = get_vuln_report(
      items : vuln,
      port  : port
    );
    security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
  }
  else security_warning(port);
}
else
{
  not_affected = max_index(not_access);
  if (not_affected == 1) audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, app, not_access[0]);
  else exit(0, "None of the " +app+ " installs (" +join(not_access, sep:", ")+ ") are affected.");
}

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11 Apr 2022 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
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