.NET Core Information Disclosure Vulnerability (Oct 2018) - Windows

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:microsoft:asp.net_core";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.814093");
  script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-8292");
  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_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-17 05:39:26 +0000 (Wed, 17 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-12-06 14:46:00 +0000 (Thu, 06 Dec 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-10-11 11:56:04 +0530 (Thu, 11 Oct 2018)");
  script_name(".NET Core Information Disclosure Vulnerability (Oct 2018) - Windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:".NET Core is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists when .NET Core when HTTP
  authentication information is inadvertently exposed in an outbound request that
  encounters an HTTP redirect.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers
  to disclose sensitive information and use the information to further compromise
  the web application.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:".NET Core 1.0.x runtime 1.0.12 or lower,

 .NET Core 1.1.x runtime 1.1.9 or lower,

 .NET Core 2.0.x runtime,

 .NET Core SDK prior to version 1.1.11.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to 1.0.13, 1.1.10 or 2.1 or later for
  .NET Core runtimes and to 1.1.11 for .NET Core SDK. Please see the references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/32730");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8292");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Windows");
  script_dependencies("gb_asp_dotnet_core_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ASP.NET/Core/Ver");
  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

coreVers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if(!coreVers || coreVers !~ "^(1\.[01]|2\.0)")
  exit(0);

if(!corerunVer = get_kb_item(".NET/Core/Runtime/Ver")) {
  if(!codesdkVer = get_kb_item(".NET/Core/SDK/Ver")) {
    exit(0);
  }
}

if(corerunVer) {
  if(version_in_range(version:corerunVer, test_version:"1.0", test_version2:"1.0.12")) {
    fix = "1.0.13";
  }

  else if(version_in_range(version:corerunVer, test_version:"1.1", test_version2:"1.1.9")) {
    fix = "1.1.10";
  }

  else if(corerunVer =~ "^2\.0") {
    fix = "2.1";
  }
}

else if(codesdkVer) {
  if(version_in_range(version:codesdkVer, test_version:"1.1", test_version2:"1.1.10")) {
    fix1 = "1.1.11";
  }
}

if(fix) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:".NET Core With Microsoft .NET Core runtimes " + corerunVer,
                            fixed_version:".NET Core With Microsoft .NET Core runtimes version " + fix, install_path:path);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

else if(fix1) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:".NET Core With Microsoft .NET Core SDK " + codesdkVer,
                            fixed_version:".NET Core With Microsoft .NET Core SDK version " + fix1, install_path:path);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);