Sawmill File Access Information Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 10453

Synopsis

An application running on the remote web server is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The remote web server is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability due to improper validation of user-supplied input to the 'rfcf' parameter. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a crafted request, to disclose the first line of arbitrary files on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade Sawmill to the latest available version.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 10453

File Name: sawmill.nasl

Version: 1.34

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/27/2000

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sawmill:sawmill

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Sawmill

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Exploited by Nessus: true

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2000

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2000-0588

BID: 1402