GEN:SID | 1:1397 |
Message | WEB-CGI wayboard attempt |
Summary | Someone may have attempted to exploit a vulnerable in the CGI program way-board.cgi to read arbitrary files.
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Impact | An attacker could have viewed sensitive documents and system files. This could be a precursor to a future attack.
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Detailed Information | Way-board is a Korean webboard web application. It contains a vulnerability that can allow an attacker to view the contents of any file on the system accessible to the web user.
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Affected Systems | |
Attack Scenarios | Attacker sends a simple URL like the following: http://www.victim.com/way-board/way-board.cgi?db=url_to_any_file%00
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Ease of Attack | Very simple handcrafted URL.
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Corrective Action | Examine the packet to see if a web request against way-board.cgi was being done. Try to determine what the requested file was, and determine from the web server's configuration whether it was a threat or not (i.e., whether the webserver had way-board.cgi on it).
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Additional References | |
Rule References | bugtraq: 2370
cve: 2001-0214
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