The ‘Perl’ CGI is installed and can be launched as a CGI.
This is equivalent to giving a free shell to an attacker, with the http server privileges (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(10173);
script_version("1.35");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0509");
script_name(english:"Web Server /cgi-bin Perl Interpreter Access");
script_summary(english:"checks for the presence of /cgi-bin/perl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:"It is possible to execute arbitrary commands on the remote system.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The 'Perl' CGI is installed and can be launched as a CGI.
This is equivalent to giving a free shell to an attacker,
with the http server privileges (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:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(94);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"1995/01/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"1999/06/22");
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);
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
include("webapp_func.inc");
port = get_http_port(default:80);
no404 = get_kb_item(strcat("www/no404/", port));
l = list_uniq(make_list("/", cgi_dirs()));
url_l = make_list();
foreach d (l)
{
foreach prog (make_list("perl", "perl.exe"))
{
u = strcat(d, "/", prog, "?-v");
w = http_send_recv3(port: port, item: u, method:"GET", exit_on_fail: 1);
s = w[2];
if (strlen(s) < 2048 && '\0' >!< s && # Exclude binary exec
"This is perl " >< s && "Larry Wall" >< s && "Artistic License" >< s)
{
e = get_vuln_report(items: u, port: port);
security_hole(port: port, extra: e);
exit(0);
}
}
}
if (max_index(url_l) > 0)
{
e = get_vuln_report(items: url_l, port: port);
security_hole(port: port, extra: e);
exit(0);
}
exit(0, "No vulnerable CGI was found on port "+port+".");