Novell ZENworks Control Center File Upload Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

March 22nd, 2013
ZDI-13-049 ZDI-CAN-1527

CVE ID

CVE-2013-1080

CVSS Score

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

Affected Vendors

Novell

Affected Products

Zenworks

Vulnerability Details


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

The specific issues exists within ZENworks Control Center which listens on tcp/443 by default. Insufficient authentication checking on /zenworks/jsp/index.jsp allows a remote attacker to upload files to the webserver. By combining this with a directory traversal vulnerability, an attacker can exploit this condition to gain remote code execution as SYSTEM.

Additional Details

Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7011812

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2012-03-14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2013-03-22 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

James Burton
Insomnia Security

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