Plugin ID | 116 |
Plugin name | Password Protect SQL injection |
Plugin filename | Password Protect SQL injection.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 3944 bytes |
Plugin family | CGI |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2004/09/01 |
Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin updated email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
Plugin updated date | 2004/11/17 |
Plugin version | 2.1 |
Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.1. Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0. Added additional information in 2.1 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 80 |
Plugin procedure detection | open|send GET /adminSection/main.asp HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# ### *Web Site Administration* OR HTTP/#.# ### *The Web Animations Administration Section* |
Plugin detection accuracy | 85 |
Plugin comment | This plugin is inspired by the Nessus plugin that is specified in the field source_nessus_id. The target software is written in ASP. |
Bug published web | http://www.criolabs.net |
Bug published company | Criolabs |
Bug advisory | http://www.criolabs.net/advisories/passprotect.txt |
Bug produced web | http://www.webanimations.com.au |
Bug affected | Password protect |
Bug not affected | Other solutions |
Bug vulnerability class | SQL Injection |
Bug description | The target ftp server seems to be running a version of Password Protect that is vulnerable to a SQL injection. An attacker may gain elevated privileges and completely compromise the target host. |
Bug solution | Install the patches for the affected version or upgrade to the latest software version. An Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) may also be able to prevent buffer overflow vulnerabilities as like this one. The ftp server should be deactivated or de-installed if not necessary. To make it harder to find the server the daemon could be configured to listen at another port (e.g. 8081). Try to prevent unwanted connection attempts by filtering traffic with firewalling. Alternation of the application banner can confuse an attacker and let him determine the wrong software. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 1 hour |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11073/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | High |
Bug popularity | 6 |
Bug simplicity | 7 |
Bug impact | 8 |
Bug risk | 7 |
Bug Nessus risk | High |
Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do the same check based on banner-grabbing too. See the Nessus plugin ID for more details. A proof-of-concept is available on the original advisory and the SecurityFocus.com exploit link. |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 11073 |
Source Nessus ID | 14587 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/373901 |