PT-2001-1213 · Bb · Big Brother

Published 2001-01-09 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2000-1177

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Big Brother (BB) versions prior to 1.5d3

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files and user IDs by specifying the target file in the HISTFILE parameter. This is related to the scripts bb-hist.sh, bb-histlog.sh, bb-hostsvc.sh, bb-rep.sh, bb-replog.sh, and bb-ack.sh.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 1.5d3, update to version 1.5d3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the HISTFILE parameter in the affected scripts to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-1177

Affected Products

Big Brother

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/1971 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20413 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-1177 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0284.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://bb4.com/incident.nov21 · Note