Description
The administration interface for the dwhttpd web server in Solaris AnswerBook2 does not properly authenticate requests to its supporting CGI scripts, which allows remote attackers to add user accounts to the interface by directly calling the admin CGI script.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Sun AnswerBook2 1.4.2/1.4.3/1.4.4 - Administration Interface Access EDB-20144 · remote · Aug 8, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.s21sec.com/en/avisos/s21sec-004-en.txt
- 1554 vdb-entry
- 00196 vendor-advisory
- 20000807 Vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris AnswerBook2 dwhttpd server mailing-list
- solaris-answerbook2-admin-interface(5069) vdb-entry