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
0.106 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.1%
The remote host is running the WebHints scripts.
This version of WebHints has a remote command execution vulnerability in hints.pl. A remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if(description)
{
script_id(18478);
script_version("1.21");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1950");
script_bugtraq_id(13930);
script_name(english:"WebHints hints.pl Arbitrary Command Execution");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"A web application on the remote host has a command execution
vulnerability."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host is running the WebHints scripts.
This version of WebHints has a remote command execution vulnerability
in hints.pl. A remote attacker could exploit this to execute
arbitrary commands on the system."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Jun/73"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"There is no known solution at this time. Remove this script from the
web server."
);
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:U/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: "2005/06/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/06/09");
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 WebHints remote command execution flaw");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
http_check_remote_code_ka (
check_request:"/hints.pl?|id|",
extra_check:"WebHints [0-9]+\.[0-9]+</A></SMALL></P></CENTER>",
check_result:"uid=[0-9]+.*gid=[0-9]+.*",
command:"id"
);