TorK Privoxy security bypass
| tork-privoxy-security-bypass (42280) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
TorK could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by insecure enable-remote-toggle and enable-edit-actions settings on Privoxy during installation. By persuading a victim to visit a Web site containing specially-crafted active content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass Privoxy filtering or change user defined configuration values via a direct request to the local proxy from the browser.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Bypass Security
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of TorK (2.2 or later), available from the TorK Web site. See References.
References:
- SourceForge.net: Files: TorK, File Release Notes and Changelog, Release Name: TorK-0.22.
- TorK Web page: TorK - Anonymity Online.
- BID-26386: TorK Multiple Privoxy Insecure Default Configuration Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-6723: TorK before 0.22, when running on Windows and Mac OS X, installs Privoxy with a configuration file (config.txt or config) that contains insecure (1) enable-remote-toggle and (2) enable-edit-actions settings, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and modify configuration.
- OSVDB ID: 48694: TorK Privoxy Config Security Restriction Bypass
Platforms Affected:
- TorK TorK 2.1
Reported:
Nov 08, 2007
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