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CSNews.cgi vulnerability

🗓️ 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00Reported by This script is Copyright (C) 2003 John LampeType 
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CSNews.cgi vulnerability exists. Some versions are vulnerable to remote exploit. An attacker may gain access to confidential data or escalate privileges on the webserver

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: csnews.nasl 7175 2017-09-18 11:55:15Z cfischer $
# Description: CSNews.cgi vulnerability
#
# Authors:
# John Lampe <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2003 John Lampe
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

tag_summary = "The CSNews.cgi exists on this webserver. Some versions of this file 
are vulnerable to remote exploit.

An attacker may make use of this file to gain access to
confidential data or escalate their privileges on the Web
server.";

tag_solution = "remove it from the cgi-bin or scripts directory.";

if(description)
{
 script_id(11726);
 script_version("$Revision: 7175 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-09-18 13:55:15 +0200 (Mon, 18 Sep 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
 script_bugtraq_id(4994);
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
 script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2002-0923");
 script_name("CSNews.cgi vulnerability");
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2003 John Lampe");
 script_family("Web application abuses");
 script_dependencies("gb_get_http_banner.nasl");
 script_mandatory_keys("IIS/banner");
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80);
banner = get_http_banner(port:port);
if ( ! banner || "Server: Microsoft/IIS" >!< banner ) exit(0);

flag = 0;

foreach dir( make_list_unique( "/", cgi_dirs( port:port ) ) ) {

  if( dir == "/" ) dir = "";
  if(is_cgi_installed_ka(item:string(dir, "/csNews.cgi"), port:port)) {
    flag = 1;
    break;
  } 
}
 
if (flag) security_message(port);

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18 Sep 2017 00:00Current
0.2Low risk
Vulners AI Score0.2
EPSS0.03062
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