Advisory Details

April 17th, 2014

CA ERwin Web Portal MIMM ConfigServiceProviderServlet Remote File Creation/Overwrite Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-2210
CVSS SCORE	9.4, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	CA
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	ERwin Web Portal
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['13553']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary .xml files on a system with vulnerable installations of CA ERwin Web Portal's Meta Integration Metadata Management service. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the "Meta Integration Web Server and Services" ConfigServiceProviderServlet servlet which is vulnerable to a directory traversal. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to overwrite or create arbitrary application and system XML files, including necessary configuration files, under the context of SYSTEM. An attacker can couple this vulnerability with others to gain remote code execution.
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={7F968A14-7407-4BCF-9EB1-EFE9F0E6D663}
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-04-11 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-04-17 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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