Description
Buffer overflow in Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.609 and 5.0.134 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP 401 response with a WWW-Authenticate header containing a long Realm field.
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
- Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.x - Remote Code Execution EDB-1374 · remote · Dec 15, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 15873 vdb-entry
- 18013 third-party-advisory
- 20051215 CYBSEC - Security Advisory: Watchfire AppScan QA Remote Code Execution mailing-list
- http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC_Security_Advisory_AppScanQA_RemoteCodeExec.pdf
- 1015362 vdb-entry
- 260 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2005-2933 vdb-entry