Sun Secure Global Desktop up to 4.2 taarchives.cgi information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Sun Secure Global Desktop up to 4.2 (Connectivity Software). This issue affects an unknown code block of the file taarchives.cgi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Sun Secure Global Desktop (SSGD, aka Tarantella) before 4.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, including hostnames, versions, and settings details, via unspecified vectors, possibly involving (1) taarchives.cgi, (2) ttaAuthentication.jsp, (3) ttalicense.cgi, (4) ttawlogin.cgi, (5) ttawebtop.cgi, (6) ttaabout.cgi, or (7) test-cgi. NOTE: This information is based upon a vague initial disclosure. Details will be updated as they become available.

The bug was discovered 09/21/2006. The weakness was shared 09/23/2006 by Marc Ruef (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4959 since 09/22/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22495 (Sun Secure Global Desktop / Tarantella < 4.20.983 Multiple XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 4.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29076) and Tenable (22495). The entry VDB-2555 is related to this item.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 22495
Nessus Name: Sun Secure Global Desktop / Tarantella < 4.20.983 Multiple XSS
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Secure Global Desktop 4.3

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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Marc Ruef
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-4959 (🔍)
X-Force: 29076
SecurityTracker: 1016900
Vulnerability Center: 12859 - Sun Secure Global Desktop Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities Allow Information Disclosure, Medium
SecurityFocus: 20135 - Sun Secure Global Desktop Unspecified Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22037
OSVDB: 29225 - Sun Secure Global Desktop unspecified scripts information disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2006-3739

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Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 07/09/2019 07:38
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (70), 07/09/2019 07:38 (10)
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