4910317 2000-03-17 01:30 /61 rader/ Brevbäraren (som är implementerad i) Python Mottagare: Bugtraq (import) <10244> Ärende: abuse.man (webmanager kit) ------------------------------------------------------------ Vulnerable CGI : abuse.man (webmanager kit) Platform : UNIX/Linux Impact : Users can execute arbitary commands on the server leading to root compromise. Found by : dethy (deth@synnergy.net) Sample Exploit : dvorak (dvorak@synnergy.net) Date : 09 February 2000 What is abuse.man? __________________ Perl-CGI script to direct the client to the specified homepage, allowing vhosts to be administrated with ease through the use of this webmanager kit. Vulnerability: ______________ A serious security problem was discovered on the manufacturers webserver that allowed remote and local users to execute arbitary commands on the webserver as the uid of the httpd. Thus, with a carefully constructed url, an attacker could potentially exploit this cgi leading to a root compromise. Exploit: ________ abuse.man used the following absolute path as the url to bring up the base page. http://server.com/file=/disk1/e/domain/public_html/index.html& domain=hostname.com&script=/index.html As we can see, $file shows the actual server side directory that the cgi and index page resides in. The $domain has been modified for security purposes, but this variable displays the vhost name. The $script variable opens the default home page html file. Hence, by modifying the $file variable we could then be allowed to view or execute commands as the httpd. Eg: file=/disk1/e/domain/public_html/../../../../../../etc/hosts& Now by a carefully constructed url, we are able to pipe arbitary commands to the server, since this cgi is perl based: Eg: file=/disk1/e/domain/public_html/../../../../../../bin/ls+/|& The contents of the root directory were thus displayed. Solution: _________ An email was sent to the manufacturers website regarding this bug in detail, with information of how to fix the problem. By patching the abuse.man cgi, the webmaster could verify all user input and use relative links rather than absolute paths to avoid this potential exploitation. (4910317) ------------------------------------------