7.5 High
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
0.035 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.6%
The VsSetCookie.exe CGI exists on the remote web server. Some versions of this file have an unauthorized access vulnerability. Making a request similar to :
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/VsSetCookie.exe?vsuser=<user_name>
will result in full access if a valid username is provided. Please note Nessus solely relied on the existence of this CGI in reporting this vulnerability.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# This script was written by John [email protected]
#
# See the Nessus Scripts License for details
#
# Changes by Tenable:
# - Revised plugin title (4/9/2009)
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(11731);
script_version("1.27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2002-0236");
script_bugtraq_id(3784);
script_name(english:"Lucent VitalNet VsSetCookie.exe Unauthorized Access");
script_summary(english:"Checks for the VsSetCookie.exe file");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web application on the remote host has an unauthorized access
vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The VsSetCookie.exe CGI exists on the remote web server. Some versions
of this file have an unauthorized access vulnerability. Making a
request similar to :
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/VsSetCookie.exe?vsuser=<user_name>
will result in full access if a valid username is provided. Please
note Nessus solely relied on the existence of this CGI in reporting
this vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Feb/60");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Contact the vendor for a patch.");
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_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:"2002/01/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2003/06/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2021 John Lampe");
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_dependencie("http_version.nasl");
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_require_keys("Settings/ParanoidReport");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded:TRUE);
flag = 0;
directory = "";
foreach dir (cgi_dirs()) {
u = string(dir, "/VsSetCookie.exe");
if(is_cgi_installed_ka(item: u, port:port)) {
report = '\n'+build_url(qs:u, port:port)+' was found.\n';
security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
break;
}
}