Hosting Controller Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:3971

Info

Hosting Controller Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3971
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2002-0212
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 26 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 09:56AM
Credit: This vulnerability was submitted to BugTraq on January 26th, 2002 by Ahmet Sabri ALPER <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.4.1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.4 b
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.4
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Hosting Controller Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Hosting Controller is an application which centralizes all hosting tasks to one interface. Hosting Controller gives every user the required control they need to manage the appropriate web site relevant to them. Hosting Controller runs on Microsoft Windows systems.

An issue has been discovered in Hosting Controller which may make it easier for remote attackers to brute-force user accounts. When a user enters an invalid username, Hosting Controller gives the following feedback:

"The user name could not be found"

This allows the attacker to determine which usernames are valid. The attacker may then attempt a brute-force attack in an attempt to crack the passwords of valid usernames.

Exploit / POC

Hosting Controller Information Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit code is required.

Solution / Fix

Hosting Controller Information Disclosure 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] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Hosting Controller Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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