SolarWinds Firewall Security Manager userlogin.jsp Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

March 13th, 2015

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of SolarWinds Firewall Security Manager. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of client sessions. The issue lies in the ability to elevate to administrative privileges. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of SYSTEM.

Additional Details

SolarWinds has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://downloads.solarwinds.com/solarwinds/Release/HotFix/FSM-v6.6.5-HotFix1.zip

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2013-11-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2015-03-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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