[20278] in bugtraq
Re: new advisory
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dynamo)
Tue Apr 17 16:27:25 2001
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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 09:45:50 -0400
Reply-To: dynamo <dynamo@IME.NET>
From: dynamo <dynamo@IME.NET>
X-To: UkR hacking team <ukrteam@ukr.net>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
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Am i missing something, or is there no vendor information listed in this?
Who wrote processit.pl, and what package is it a part of?
On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, UkR hacking team wrote:
> Name: Environment and Setup Variables can be Viewed through processit.pl CGI script
> Author: UkR-XblP /UkR security team:www.ukrteam.ru /GiN group:www.secure.f2s.com
> Problems:The script allows several environment variables to be viewed by the attacker, who can gain useful information on the site, making further attacks more feasible
> Analysis:processit.pl dumps useful information (e.g. script location, SERVER_SOFTWARE, DOCUMENT_ROOT, etc.) to the browser when the requested file provided is incorrect or when request without parametrs.
> Exploits: If site does not contain a incorrect file, thus the following URL displays the environment dump. However, a similar url, when applied within the necessary modifications to an unprotected site would yield the desired result:
> http://www.victim.org/cgi-bin/processit.pl?FORMNAME=UkR
> or
> http://www.victim.org/cgi-bin/processit.pl
>
