Plugin ID | 63 |
Plugin name | Standard & Poors detection |
Plugin filename | Standard and Poors detection.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 2755 bytes |
Plugin family | FTP |
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 | 2003/11/15 |
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 | 2004/11/13 |
Plugin version | 1.3 |
Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.3 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 21 |
Plugin procedure detection | open|sleep|close|pattern_exists MCSP - Standard & Poor's ComStock |
Plugin detection accuracy | 90 |
Plugin comment | The banner grabbing itself is not the problem. The flaw is that the named software is highly insecure. |
Bug affected | Standard & Poors' MultiCSP |
Bug vulnerability class | Configuration |
Bug description | Standard & Poor's MultiCSP system is well-known to be very insecure. An attacker may detecte such a system over the telnet banner. |
Bug solution | The server should be deactivated or de-installed if not necessary. 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 | 15 minutes |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1080/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | High |
Bug popularity | 8 |
Bug simplicity | 8 |
Bug impact | 5 |
Bug risk | 6 |
Bug check tools | GFI LANguard is able to recognize the banner |
Source CVE | CAN-2000-0109 |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 1080 |
Source Nessus ID | 10418 |
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 |