Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2006-1079 (CCN-25217)

Assigned:2006-03-05
Published:2006-03-05
Updated:2018-10-18
Summary:htpasswd, as used in Acme thttpd 2.25b and possibly other products such as Apache, might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a command line argument, which is used in a call to the system function.
Note: since htpasswd is normally installed as a non-setuid program, and the exploit is through command line options, perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE. However, if there are some typical or recommended configurations that use htpasswd with sudo privileges, or common products that access htpasswd remotely, then perhaps it should be included.
CVSS v3 Severity:10.0 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
10.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-264
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Mar 05 2006 - 14:53:43 CST
htpasswd bufferoverflow and command execution in thttpd-2.25b.

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2006-1079

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[thttpd] 20060305 htpasswd.c security issues

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[thttpd] 20060305 Re: htpasswd.c security issues

Source: CCN
Type: thttpd Web site
thttpd

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
23828

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 23828
thttpd htpasswd Multiple Local Overflows

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 60381
thttpd htpasswd Command Line Argument Shell Metachracter Arbitrary Command Execution

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20060305 htpasswd bufferoverflow and command execution in thttpd-2.25b.

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
16972

Source: CCN
Type: BID-16972
Acme Labs thttpd HTPasswd Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
thttpd-command-line-bo(25217)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
thttpd-command-line-bo(25217)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:acme_labs:thttpd:2.25b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:acme:thttpd:2.25:b:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    acme_labs thttpd 2.25b
    acme thttpd 2.25 b