| Plugin ID | 292 |
| Plugin name | remwatch daemon command execution |
| Plugin filename | remwatch daemon command execution.plugin |
| Plugin filesize | 2071 bytes |
| Plugin family | Backdoors |
| Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
| Plugin created email | marc.ruef at computec.ch |
| Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
| Plugin created company | computec.ch |
| Plugin created date | 2005/01/04 |
| Plugin version | 1.0 |
| Plugin protocol | tcp |
| Plugin port | 5556 |
| Plugin procedure exploit | open|sleep|send 11T ;id\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists uid= |
| Plugin exploit accuracy | 98 |
| Plugin comment | The NASL script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison |
| Bug affected | remwatch daemon |
| Bug vulnerability class | Configuration |
| Bug description | remwatch is installed and allows anyone to execute arbitrary commands. An attacker may issue shell commands as root by connecting to the remwatch daemon, and issue the command : ' 11T ; /bin/ksh'. |
| Bug solution | Deactivate the remwatch service. Contact your vendor for a patch. |
| Bug fixing time | Approx. 30 minutes |
| Bug exploit availability | Yes |
| Bug remote | Yes |
| Bug local | Yes |
| Bug severity | High |
| Bug popularity | 6 |
| Bug simplicity | 9 |
| Bug impact | 9 |
| Bug risk | 8 |
| Bug Nessus risk | High |
| Bug check tools | Nessus can check this flaw with the plugin 10202 (remwatch). |
| Source CVE | CAN-1999-0246 |
| Source Nessus ID | 10202 |
| 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 |