Oracle Application Testing Suite filename Header Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

January 25th, 2016
ZDI-16-039 ZDI-CAN-3306

CVE ID

CVE-2016-0490

CVSS Score

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

Affected Vendors

Oracle

Affected Products

Application Testing Suite

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Oracle Application Testing Suite. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the UploadServlet servlet. By providing a filename header containing a directory traversal, an attacker is able to write a file to an arbitrary location on the system. An attacker can leverage this to execute arbitrary code under the context of SYSTEM.

Additional Details

Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2015-10-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2016-01-25 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

rgod

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