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Thunderstone Software Texis Crafted Request Information Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11400

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a CGI script that is susceptible to an information disclosure attack.

Description

The remote installation of Texis can be abused to disclose potentially sensitive information about the remote host, such as its internal IP address and the path to various components (eg, cmd.exe).

Solution

Contact Thunderstone tech support for a patch.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2003/Mar/206

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2003/Mar/247

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11400

File Name: texis_info_disclosure.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/15/2003

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2003

Reference Information

BID: 7105