8679 : Sun AnswerBook2 Web Server dwhttpd Arbitrary Account Creation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2000-08-08

Description

Sun Microsystems Solaris AnswerBook2 contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to create an arbitrary account. The issue is triggered when a malicious user directly accesses the /cgi-bin/admin/admin script and passes it parameters to create a new user account. The new user account can then be used to access the admin functionality of AnswerBook2 resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Workaround, Patch / RCS, Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Third-party Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.2 patched or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s): disable the AnswerBook2 Documentation Server, the following commands can be run as the root user:

# /usr/lib/ab2/bin/ab2admin -o stop
# /usr/lib/ab2/bin/ab2admin -o autostart_no

Products

Sun Microsystems, Inc.	AnswerBook2	1.3
		1.4
		1.4.1
		1.4.2
		1.4.2 patched

References

Bugtraq ID: 1554
CVE ID: 2000-0696 (see also: NVD)
Exploit Database: 20144
ISS X-Force ID: 5069
Related OSVDB ID: 8680
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vendor/2000-q3/0029.html
http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F23412&zone_32=category%3Asecurity
CIAC Advisory: l-031 o-012

Tools & Filters

Nikto	1239
Snort	1946 1956

Credit

Lluis Mora - llmoras21sec.com - S21SEC

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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