5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
76.3%
The IIS web server may allow remote users to read sensitive information
from .cnf files. This is not the default configuration.
Example, http://example.com/_vti_pvt\svcacl.cnf, access.cnf,
svcacl.cnf, writeto.cnf, service.cnf, botinfs.cnf,
bots.cnf, linkinfo.cnf and services.cnf
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2003 John Lampe
# 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
CPE = "cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_information_services";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10575");
script_version("2023-10-10T05:05:41+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-10 05:05:41 +0000 (Tue, 10 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2002-1717");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_name("Microsoft IIS '.cnf' File Leakage Vulnerability - Active Check");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Web Servers");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2003 John Lampe");
script_dependencies("gb_microsoft_iis_http_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_mandatory_keys("microsoft/iis/http/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.safehack.com/Advisory/IIS5webdir.txt");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4078");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"If you do not need .cnf files, then delete them, otherwise use
suitable access control lists to ensure that the .cnf files are not world-readable by Anonymous users.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The IIS web server may allow remote users to read sensitive information
from .cnf files. This is not the default configuration.
Example, http://example.com/_vti_pvt%5csvcacl.cnf, access.cnf,
svcacl.cnf, writeto.cnf, service.cnf, botinfs.cnf,
bots.cnf, linkinfo.cnf and services.cnf");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"Mitigation");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE, service:"www"))
exit(0);
if(!get_app_location(cpe:CPE, port:port, nofork:TRUE))
exit(0);
fl[0] = "/_vti_pvt%5caccess.cnf";
fl[1] = "/_vti_pvt%5csvcacl.cnf";
fl[2] = "/_vti_pvt%5cwriteto.cnf";
fl[3] = "/_vti_pvt%5cservice.cnf";
fl[4] = "/_vti_pvt%5cservices.cnf";
fl[5] = "/_vti_pvt%5cbotinfs.cnf";
fl[6] = "/_vti_pvt%5cbots.cnf";
fl[7] = "/_vti_pvt%5clinkinfo.cnf";
for(i = 0; fl[i]; i++) {
if(http_is_cgi_installed_ka(item:fl[i], port:port)){
res = http_keepalive_send_recv(data:http_get(item:fl[i], port:port), port:port, bodyonly:TRUE);
data = "The IIS web server may allow remote users to read sensitive information from .cnf files. This is not the default configuration.";
data += '\n\nExample : requesting ' + fl[i] + ' produces the following data :\n\n' + res;
security_message(port:port, data:data);
exit(0);
}
}
exit(99);