It is possible to retrieve list of users currently connected to the remote SimpleChat server by requesting the file βdata/usrβ.
An attacker may use this flaw to obtain the IP address of every user currently connected.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# Ref:
# Date: 20 Mar 2003 03:33:03 -0000
# From: subj <[email protected]>
# To: [email protected]
# Subject: SimpleChat
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if(description)
{
script_id(11469);
script_version("1.20");
script_bugtraq_id(7168);
script_name(english:"SimpleChat Information Disclosure");
script_summary(english:"Checks for the presence of data/usr");
script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains a CGI script that is affected by an
information disclosure vulnerability." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is possible to retrieve list of users currently connected to
the remote SimpleChat server by requesting the file 'data/usr'.
An attacker may use this flaw to obtain the IP address of every
user currently connected." );
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2003/Mar/326"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Add a .htaccess file to prevent access to this file. "
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
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:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2003/03/25");
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_ATTACK);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_dependencie("http_version.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())
{
url = string(dir, "/data/usr");
res = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:url, port:port);
if (isnull(res)) exit(0);
if (res[0] =~ "^HTTP/1\/[01] 200 ")
{
if(egrep(pattern:"[0-9]+:\|:[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+:\|", string:res[2]))
{
if (report_verbosity > 0)
{
report = string(
"\n",
"The following request can be used to verify the issue :\n",
"\n",
" ", build_url(port:port, qs:url), "\n"
);
security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
}
else security_warning(port);
exit(0);
}
}
}