SiteScope Web Service Unpassworded Access - Nessus

Critical   Plugin ID: 10778

This page contains detailed information about the SiteScope Web Service Unpassworded Access Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview

ID: 10778
Name: SiteScope Web Service Unpassworded Access
Filename: DDI_Unprotected_SiteScope.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2002-04-14
This Plugin Published: 2001-09-28
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-19
Plugin Version: 1.28
Plugin Type: remote
Plugin Family: CGI abuses
Dependencies: find_service1.nasl, http_version.nasl

Vulnerability Information

Severity: Critical
Vulnerability Published: 2002-04-14
Patch Published: N/A
CVE [?]: CVE-1999-0508
CPE [?]: N/A

Synopsis

The remote administrative web server does have a password.

Description

The remote SiteScope web service has no password set. An attacker who can connect to this server can view usernames and passwords stored in the preferences section or reconfigure the service.

Solution

Make sure that a password is set in the configuration for this service. Depending on where this server is located, you may want to restrict access by IP address in addition to username.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): 8888
Target Asset(s): Services/www
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the SiteScope Web Service Unpassworded Access vulnerability:

  1. Metasploit: auxiliary/scanner/snmp/snmp_login
    [SNMP Community Scanner]
  2. Metasploit: auxiliary/scanner/snmp/snmp_login
    [SNMP Community Login Scanner]

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

Risk Information

CVSS V2 Vector [?]: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Base Score:10.0 (High)
Impact Subscore:10.0
Exploitability Subscore:10.0
CVSS Temporal Score:NA (None)
CVSS Environmental Score:NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:NA
Overall CVSS Score:10.0 (High)

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Plugin Source

This is the DDI_Unprotected_SiteScope.nasl nessus plugin source code. This script is Copyright (C) 2001-2021 Digital Defense Inc. 

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# This script was written by H D Moore
# 

# Changes by Tenable:
# - Revised plugin title (4/9/2009)

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if(description)
{
    script_id(10778);
    script_version("1.28");
    script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");

    script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0508");

    script_name(english:"SiteScope Web Service Unpassworded Access");
    script_summary(english:"Unprotected SiteScope Service");

    script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote administrative web server does have a password.");
    script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SiteScope web service has no password set.  An attacker who
can connect to this server can view usernames and passwords stored in
the preferences section or reconfigure the service.");
    script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Make sure that a password is set in the configuration for this
service.  Depending on where this server is located, you may want to
restrict access by IP address in addition to username.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'SNMP Community Scanner');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
    script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:
"2001/09/28");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2002/04/14");
    script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
    script_end_attributes();

    script_category(ACT_ATTACK);

    script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2001-2021 Digital Defense Inc.");

    script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
    script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
    script_require_ports("Services/www", 8888);
    
    exit(0);
}

include("global_settings.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");


function sendrequest (request, port)
{
    local_var reply;

    reply = http_keepalive_send_recv(port: port, data:request);
    if ( isnull(reply) ) exit(0);
    else return reply;
}

#
# The script code starts here
#


ports = add_port_in_list(list:get_kb_list("Services/www"), port:8888);
foreach port (ports)
{
 req = http_get(item:"/SiteScope/cgi/go.exe/SiteScope?page=eventLog&machine=&logName=System&account=administrator", port:port);
 reply = sendrequest(request:req, port:port);

 if ("Event Log" >< reply && 
     "<FORM ACTION=/SiteScope/cgi/go.exe/SiteScope method=POST>" >< reply &&
     "<input type=hidden name=page value=eventLog>" >< reply )
 {
    security_hole(port:port);
 }
}

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

  • Linux / Unix:
    /opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/DDI_Unprotected_SiteScope.nasl
  • Windows:
    C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\DDI_Unprotected_SiteScope.nasl
  • Mac OS X:
    /Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/DDI_Unprotected_SiteScope.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the SiteScope Web Service Unpassworded Access as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

  1. Click to start a New Scan.
  2. Select Advanced Scan.
  3. Navigate to the Plugins tab.
  4. On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
  5. On the left side table select CGI abuses plugin family.
  6. On the right side table select SiteScope Web Service Unpassworded Access plugin ID 10778.
  7. Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
  8. Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl DDI_Unprotected_SiteScope.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a DDI_Unprotected_SiteScope.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - DDI_Unprotected_SiteScope.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state DDI_Unprotected_SiteScope.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file DDI_Unprotected_SiteScope.nasl version 1.28. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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