Advisory Details

February 10th, 2015

Persistent Systems Client Automation Remote Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-1498
CVSS SCORE	9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Persistent Systems
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Radia Client Automation
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Persistent Systems Client Automation. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of certain requests (including getUsers, addAssigneesToRole, and removeAssigneesFromRole). Incomplete authentication allows for crafted packets to enumerate the users on the system and change the roles of users on the system without valid credentials. By using this, an attacker with access to any valid account on the system is able to execute arbitrary code on all clients controlled by the system.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Persistent Systems has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://radiasupport.accelerite.com/hc/en-us/articles/203659814-Accelerite-releases-solutions-and-best-practices-to-enhance-the-security-for-RBAC-and-Remote-Notify-features
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-04-16 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-02-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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