PT-2007-7333 · Hosting Controller · Hosting Controller

Published 2007-12-20 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-6499

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Hosting Controller versions 6.1 Hot fix 3.3 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to uninstall the FrontPage extensions of an arbitrary account. This can be achieved by sending a request to the "fp2002/UNINSTAL.asp" endpoint with a specific host id (IIS) value.

Recommendations For Hosting Controller versions 6.1 Hot fix 3.3 and earlier, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "fp2002/UNINSTAL.asp" endpoint to prevent unauthorized uninstallation of FrontPage extensions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6499

Affected Products

Hosting Controller

References · 9

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/4730 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6499 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3474 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39038 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28973 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/485028/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019222 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26862 · Note
• http://hostingcontroller.com/english/logs/Post-Hotfix-3_3-sec-Patch-ReleaseNotes.html · Note