Advisory Details

April 13th, 2011

CA Total Defense Suite Heartbeat Web Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-11-126
ZDI-CAN-1001

CVE ID CVE-2011-1654
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS CA
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Total Defense Suite
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['11071']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of CA Total Defense Endpoint. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within CA.Itm.Server.ManagementWS.dll. Due to a failure to properly sanitize user-controlled input, it is possible for a remote unauthenticated attacker to upload and subsequently execute arbitrary code under the context of the CA Total Defense Heartbeat Web service. Requests delivered to FileUploadHandler.ashx are subject to arbitrary file writes, including directory traversal attacks, in the GUID parameter. The Heartbeat Web service listens for HTTP requests on port 8008 and 44344 for HTTPS.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS CA has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID={CD065CEC-AFE2-4D9D-8E0B-BE7F6E345866}
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2011-01-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2011-04-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod
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