CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
91.1%
The ‘pals-cgi’ CGI is installed. This CGI has a well known security flaw that lets an attacker read arbitrary files 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(10611);
script_version("1.28");
script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0216", "CVE-2001-0217");
script_bugtraq_id(2372);
script_name(english:"PALS Library System WebPALS pals-cgi Multiple Vulnerabilities");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"It is possible to read arbitrary files from the remote
system." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The 'pals-cgi' CGI is installed. This CGI has a well known
security flaw that lets an attacker read arbitrary files
with the privileges of the http daemon (usually root or
nobody)." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Remove it from /cgi-bin." );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2001/02/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2001/02/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of /cgi-bin/pals-cgi");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2001-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_dependencie("http_version.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, embedded: 0);
foreach dir (cgi_dirs())
{
u = dir + "/pals-cgi?palsAction=restart&documentName=/etc/passwd";
r = http_send_recv3(port:port, method:"GET", item: u, exit_on_fail: 1);
if (egrep(pattern:".*root:.*:0:[01]:.*", string:r[2]))
{
if (report_verbosity < 1)
security_hole(port);
else
{
txt = strcat('\nThe following URL exhibits the flaw :\n' , build_url(port: port, qs: u), '\n');
security_hole(port:port, extra: txt);
}
}
}