Apache HTTP Server 'mod_negotiation' MultiViews Information Disclosure Vulnerability
🗓️ 06 Jul 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 SCHUTZWERK GmbHType
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| wisec | www.wisec.it/sectou.php |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 SCHUTZWERK GmbH
# 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-or-later
CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:http_server";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.111109");
script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-07-06 16:00:00 +0200 (Wed, 06 Jul 2016)");
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("Apache HTTP Server 'mod_negotiation' MultiViews Information Disclosure Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 SCHUTZWERK GmbH");
script_family("Web Servers");
script_dependencies("gb_apache_http_server_consolidation.nasl", "webmirror.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_mandatory_keys("apache/http_server/http/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wisec.it/sectou.php?id=4698ebdc59d15");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache HTTP Server is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"By requesting an invalid 'application/vttest<semicolon> q=1.0'
Accept: header the webserver is replying with a list of alternative files which exists
in the webservers directory. See the reference for more background information.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Check the response if the webserver is disclosing
alternative files.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Based on the information provided an attacker might be
able to bruteforce existing files (like backup files) which exists in the webservers
directory.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Disable the MultiViews directive within the webservers
configuration or don't place files within the webservers directory which shouldn't be
accessible/guessable by an attacker.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"Mitigation");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_probe"); # The webserver might disclose only public available files
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE, service:"www" ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! get_app_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, nofork:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
maxLimit = 10;
curLimit = 0;
vulnReport = make_list();
vuln = FALSE;
host = http_host_name( dont_add_port:TRUE );
foreach ext( make_list( "php", "html", "txt" ) ) {
if( curLimit <= maxLimit )
break;
urls = http_get_kb_file_extensions( port:port, host:host, ext:ext );
if( ! urls )
continue;
foreach url( urls ) {
if( curLimit >= maxLimit )
break;
# Remove extension from URL
url = url - "." - ext;
req = http_get_req( port:port, url:url, accept_header:"application/vttest; q=1.0" );
res = http_keepalive_send_recv( port:port, data:req, bodyonly:FALSE );
if( res =~ "HTTP/1\.[01] 406" && "Alternates:" >< res ) {
alternatives = egrep( pattern:"<li>.*</li>", string:res );
vulnReport = make_list( vulnReport, alternatives + '\nat URL: ' + http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url, url_only:TRUE ) + '\n\n' );
vuln = TRUE;
curLimit++;
}
}
}
if( vuln ) {
report = 'By requesting the listed URLs alternative files were identified.\n\n';
# Sort to not report changes on delta reports if just the order is different
vulnReport = sort( vulnReport );
foreach tmp( vulnReport )
report += tmp;
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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26 Jul 2023 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
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