# # This script was written by Renaud Deraison # # See the Nessus Scripts License for details # if(description) { script_id(10653); script_version ("$Revision$"); script_bugtraq_id(2564); name["english"] = "Solaris FTPd tells if a user exists"; name["francais"] = "Solaris FTPd indique si un utilisateur existe"; script_name(english:name["english"], francais:name["francais"]); desc["english"] = " It is possible to determine the existence of a user on the remote system by issuing the command CWD ~, even before logging in. Ie: telnet target 21 CWD ~root 530 Please login with USER and PASS. CWD ~nonexistinguser 530 Please login with USER and PASS. 550 Unknown user name after ~ An attacker may use this to determine the existence of known to be vulnerable accounts (like guest) or to determine which system you are running. Solution : inform your vendor, and ask for a patch, or change your FTP server Risk factor : Low"; script_description(english:desc["english"]); summary["english"] = "CWD ~root before logging in"; summary["francais"] = "CWD ~root before logging in"; script_summary(english:summary["english"], francais:summary["francais"]); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2001 Renaud Deraison", francais:"Ce script est Copyright (C) 2001 Renaud Deraison"); family["english"] = "FTP"; family["francais"] = "FTP"; script_family(english:family["english"], francais:family["francais"]); script_dependencie("find_service.nes"); script_require_ports("Services/ftp", 21); exit(0); } # # The script code starts here # include("ftp_func.inc"); port = get_kb_item("Services/ftp"); if(!port)port = 21; if(get_port_state(port)) { soc = open_sock_tcp(port); if(soc) { data = string("CWD ~nonexistinguser\r\n"); send(socket:soc, data:data); a = ftp_recv_line(socket:soc); if(egrep(pattern:"^550 Unknown user name after ~", string:a))security_warning(port); ftp_close(socket:soc); } }