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Active WebCam < 5.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2693

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

The remote host is running Active WebCam, a Java program that displays real-time video camera images over the Internet. This version of Active WebCam is vulnerable to several flaws. Specifically, it is reported that Active WebCam reveals path information and file name location (within debugging information). It is also reported that requesting a URI like 'http://www.somesite.com/A:\a.txt' leads to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition on the remote application.

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.6 or higher.

See Also

http://www.ubbcentral.com

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2693

Family: CGI

Published: 3/10/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 17315

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:py_software:active_webcam

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0734

BID: 12778