| Plugin ID | 183 |
| Plugin name | Keene Digital Media Server prior 1.0.3 Adminsitrative Authentication Bypass |
| Plugin filename | Keene Digital Media Server prior 1.0.3 Adminsitrative Authentication Bypass.plugin |
| Plugin filesize | 3185 bytes |
| Plugin family | HTTP |
| Plugin created name | Nico 'Triplex' Spicher |
| Plugin created email | Triplex at IT-Helpnet dot de |
| Plugin created web | http://triplex.it-helpnet.de/ |
| Plugin created company | http://www.it-helpnet.de/ |
| Plugin created date | 2004/09/07 |
| 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 | 1.2 |
| Plugin changelog | Made some slight modifications in version 1.1. Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.2 |
| Plugin protocol | tcp |
| Plugin port | 8080 |
| Plugin procedure detection | open|send GET /dms/adminusers.kspx HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists 200 |
| Plugin detection accuracy | 85 |
| Plugin comment | This plugin was written with the ATK-Plugin-Creator [http://triplex.it-helpnet.de]. |
| Bug published name | Ziv Kamir |
| Bug published email | vulncode at yahoo dot com |
| Bug published date | 2004/08/12 |
| Bug advisory | http://secunia.com/advisories/12272 |
| Bug affected | Keene Digital Media Server 1.0.2 and 1.0.3 |
| Bug not affected | Keene Digital Media Server 1.0.4 and newer |
| Bug vulnerability class | Configuration |
| Bug description | Keene Digital Media Server contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to bypass authentication used to protect the adminusers.kspx page. The issue is triggered when a malicious user accesses the /dms/adminusers.kspx script directly. It is possible that the flaw may allow the malicious user the ability to read and change administrative options resulting in a loss of integrity. |
| Bug solution | Secure the file with htaccess or something similar and upgrade to Keene Digital Media Server to 1.0.4 or newer. Also limit unwanted connections and communications with firewalling if possible. |
| Bug fixing time | Approx. 30 minutes |
| Bug exploit availability | Yes |
| Bug remote | Yes |
| Bug local | Yes |
| Bug severity | High |
| Bug popularity | 3 |
| Bug simplicity | 7 |
| Bug impact | 8 |
| Bug risk | 5 |
| Source OSVDB ID | 8593 |
| Source Secunia ID | 12272 |
| Source Literature | Hacking Intern - Angriffe, Strategien, Abwehr, Marc Ruef, Marko Rogge, Uwe Velten and Wolfram Gieseke, November 1, 2002, Data Becker, D�sseldorf, ISBN 381582284X |
| Source Misc. | http://www.computec.ch |