| Plugin ID | 117 |
| Plugin name | cfingerd search information disclosure |
| Plugin filename | cfingerd search information disclosure.plugin |
| Plugin filesize | 2664 bytes |
| Plugin family | Finger |
| 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 | 2004/09/01 |
| 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 | 1.1 |
| Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.1 |
| Plugin protocol | tcp |
| Plugin port | 79 |
| Plugin procedure exploit | open|send search.**\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists root |
| Plugin exploit accuracy | 99 |
| Plugin comment | This plugin was written with the ATK Attack Editor and was inspired by Nessus plugin ID 10038. |
| Bug not affected | Other finger daemons |
| Bug vulnerability class | Configuration |
| Bug description | The target system seems to be running cfingerd. This finger daemon is vulnerable to a information disclosure attack. An attacker can gain a complete list of the users by sending the query "search.**". |
| Bug solution | The finger service, if not needed, should be disabled (in /etc/inetd.conf) or if possible firewalled. |
| Bug fixing time | Approx. 20 minutes |
| Bug exploit availability | Yes |
| Bug exploit url | http://www.nessus.org |
| Bug remote | Yes |
| Bug local | Yes |
| Bug severity | Medium |
| Bug popularity | 7 |
| Bug simplicity | 7 |
| Bug impact | 6 |
| Bug risk | 6 |
| Bug Nessus risk | Low/Medium |
| Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do the same check a bit more complexe (and accurate?). |
| Source CVE | CVE-1999-0259 |
| Source Nessus ID | 10038 |
| 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 |