Confixx Perl Debugger Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:9831

Info

Confixx Perl Debugger Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9831
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 09 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 09 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to wkr.
Vulnerable: SWSoft Confixx Pro 2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Confixx Perl Debugger Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

The Confixx PERL debugging utility functionality has been reported to be prone to a remote command execution vulnerability. The issue is reported to occur when a command sequence is appended to a HTTP request for a PERL script resource, the command sequence must contain a prefixed ';' semi-colon character. When this request is processed, the command sequence will be reportedly executed with the privileges of the process that invokes the Confixx PERL debugging utility.

Exploit / POC

Confixx Perl Debugger Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

There is no exploit required; the following example has been supplied:

; /bin/cat location_of_Confixx_config_file
http://www.example.com/user/tools_cgicheck2.php?dir=3D&file=3D%20./x%20|/bin/cat%20/etc/passwd

Solution / Fix

Confixx Perl Debugger Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

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

Confixx Perl Debugger Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

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