cgiWebupdate.exe Information Disclosure / Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

# 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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11722");
  script_version("2025-04-11T05:40:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-04-11 05:40:28 +0000 (Fri, 11 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/3216");
  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_cve_id("CVE-2001-1150");
  script_name("cgiWebupdate.exe Information Disclosure / Privilege Escalation Vulnerability");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK); # nb: Direct access to a .exe file might be already seen as an attack
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2003 John Lampe");
  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_mandatory_keys("Host/runs_windows");
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Remove it from the cgi-bin or scripts folder.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The CGI 'cgiWebupdate.exe' exists on this webserver.
  Some versions of this file are vulnerable to remote exploit.

  An attacker can use this hole to gain access to confidential data
  or escalate their privileges on the web server.");

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

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

  exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("http_404.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");

port = http_get_port( default:80 );

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

  if( dir == "/" ) dir = "";
  url = dir + "/cgiWebupdate.exe";

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

exit( 0 );