SCO Unixware "/search97cgi/vtopic" Vulnerability

BID:1663

Info

SCO Unixware "/search97cgi/vtopic" Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1663
Class: Origin Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2000-0842
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 11 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 02:56AM
Credit: This vulnerability was posted to the Bugtraq mailing list by Olle Segerdahl <[email protected]> on Mon, 11 Sep 2000.
Vulnerable: SCO Unixware 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SCO Unixware "/search97cgi/vtopic" Vulnerability

Certain versions of SCO Unixware ship with a web enabled help system which is installed by default. This system, httpd-scohelphttp, ships with a faulty CGI program which will allow remote users to view files which are viewable to the account under which the web server is run as (typically 'nobody').

The problem in specific is in the following CGI:

/usr/ns-home/httpd-scohelphttp/search97cgi/vtopic

This CGI makes use of a parameter called ViewTemplate that points to an HTML Template for use with search results:

http://unixware7box:457/search97cgi/vtopic?action=view&amp;ViewTemplate=

However, the CGI does not place any restrictions on the relative path and a user may supply their own and thereby move outside the web root directory by walking down the directory structure (../) .

Exploit / POC

SCO Unixware "/search97cgi/vtopic" Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

SCO Unixware "/search97cgi/vtopic" Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not ware 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

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