2008-5765 | 2500mhz WorkSimple usr.txt access control (BID-32849 / XFDB-47368)

By Max On Aug 3, 2021

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A vulnerability has been found in 2500mhz WorkSimple 1.2.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file data/usr.txt. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

WorkSimple 1.2.1 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing usernames and passwords via a direct request for data/usr.txt.

The weakness was disclosed 12/15/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5765 since 12/30/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn’t need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 32849), X-Force (47368) and Secunia (SA33163). The entry 45696 is pretty similar.

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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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08/03/2021 +2331 days 🔍Advisory: milw0rm.com
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