TippingPoint Zero Day Initiative

Symantec Backup Exec Remote File Upload Vulnerability

ZDI-08-003: February 6th, 2008

CVE ID

Affected Vendors

Affected Products

    Backup Exec System Recovery Manager

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists in the FileUpload class running on the Symantec LiveState Apache Tomcat server. The server is found on TCP ports 8080 and 8443. A malicious HTTP POST request can upload a JSP script to the publicly accessible web directories allowing for arbitrary code execution.

Vendor Response

Symantec has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:

Disclosure Timeline

    2007-12-11 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2008-02-06 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by:
    Titon of BastardLabs