Plugin ID | 97 |
Plugin name | QuiXplorer prior 2.3.1 index.php directory traversal |
Plugin filename | QuiXplorer prior 2.3.1 index.php directory traversal.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 3545 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 | 2004/08/17 |
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 | 2004/11/14 |
Plugin version | 2.0 |
Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.2. Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 80 |
Plugin procedure exploit | open|sleep|send GET /quixplorer_2_3/index.php?action=download&dir=&item=../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd&order=name&srt=yes HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# ### *root:* |
Plugin exploit accuracy | 99 |
Plugin comment | Check is copied from the Nessus plugin (see Nessus ID listed in the sources). |
Bug published name | Cyrille Barthelemy |
Bug published email | cb-lse at ifrance dot com |
Bug published date | 2004/08/14 |
Bug advisory | http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/371716 |
Bug affected | QuiXplorer prior 2.3.1 |
Bug not affected | QuiXplorer 2.3.1 and newer |
Bug vulnerability class | Missing Authentication |
Bug description | The remote host is running the QuiXplorer CGI suite, a file managerfor websites written in PHP. There is a floaw in the remote version of this CGI which makes it vulnerable to a directory traversal bug. This could, for instance, lead to an attacker downloading the /etc/passwd file. |
Bug solution | Upgrade to QuiXplorer 2.3.1 or newer. The 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. 2 hours |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10949/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | Medium |
Bug popularity | 4 |
Bug simplicity | 7 |
Bug impact | 8 |
Bug risk | 6 |
Bug Nessus risk | High |
Bug check tools | Nessus |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 10949 |
Source Nessus ID | 14275 |
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.computec.ch |