The ‘info2www’ CGI is installed. This CGI has a well known security flaw that lets an attacker execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the http daemon (usually root or nobody).
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if(description)
{
script_id(10127);
script_version("1.35");
script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0266");
script_bugtraq_id(1995);
script_name(english:"Multiple Vendor info2www CGI Arbitrary Command Execution");
script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of /cgi-bin/info2www");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server is running a CGI that is affected by a remote
command execution vulnerability." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The 'info2www' CGI is installed. This CGI has a well known security
flaw that lets an attacker execute arbitrary commands with the
privileges of the http daemon (usually root or nobody)." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1998/Mar/15" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:W/RC:ND");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "1999/06/22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "1998/03/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 1999-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_dependencie("http_version.nasl", "find_service1.nasl", "no404.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
foreach dir (cgi_dirs())
{
res = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:string(dir, "/info2www"), port:port);
if (isnull(res)) exit(1, "The web server on port "+port+" failed to respond.");
if(egrep(pattern:".*generated by info2www 1\.[01][^0-9].*", string:res[2])){
security_hole(port);
exit(0);
}
}