Symantec Web Gateway Management Interface USERNAME Blind SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

January 12th, 2011
ZDI-11-013 ZDI-CAN-879

CVE ID

CVE-2010-0115

CVSS Score

10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Vendors

Symantec

Affected Products

Web Gateway

Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Symantec Web Gateway. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the management interface which listens by default on TCP port 443. While parsing requests sent to the login.php page, the process does not properly sanitize the USERNAME POST parameter. By sending a specially crafted string, a remote attacker can leverage this vulnerability to inject arbitrary SQL into the backend database on the server.

Additional Details

Symantec has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110112_00

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2010-09-23 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2011-01-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

RadLSneak

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