# # This script was written by Renaud Deraison # # See the Nessus Scripts License for details # if(description) { script_id(10534); script_version ("$Revision$"); script_bugtraq_id(1803); script_cve_id("CVE-2000-0915"); name["english"] = "FreeBSD 4.1.1 Finger"; script_name(english:name["english"]); desc["english"] = " There is a bug in the remote finger service that allows anyone to read arbitrary files on this host by doing a 'finger' command on the name of targeted file. For instance : finger /etc/passwd@target Will display the content of /etc/passwd Solution : disable the finger service in /etc/inetd.conf and restart the inetd process, or upgrade your finger daemon Risk factor : High"; script_description(english:desc["english"]); summary["english"] = "Finger /path/to/file"; script_summary(english:summary["english"]); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2000 Renaud Deraison"); family["english"] = "Finger abuses"; script_family(english:family["english"]); script_dependencie("find_service.nes"); script_require_ports("Services/finger", 79); exit(0); } # # The script code starts here # port = get_kb_item("Services/finger"); if(!port)port = 79; if(get_port_state(port)) { soc = open_sock_tcp(port); if(soc) { buf = string("/etc/passwd\r\n"); send(socket:soc, data:buf); data = recv(socket:soc, length:65535); close(soc); if(egrep(pattern:".*root:.*:0:[01]:", string:data)) security_hole(port); } }