CA Unified Infrastructure Management download_lar Directory Traversal Information Disclosure Vulnerability

November 9th, 2016
ZDI-16-605 ZDI-CAN-3711

CVE ID

CVE-2016-5803

CVSS Score

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

Affected Vendors

CA

Affected Products

Unified Infrastructure Management

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information from vulnerable installations of CA Unified Infrastructure Management. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within processing of the download_lar servlet. The servlet is vulnerable to directory traversal and can be used to exfiltrate sensitive system files from the system.

Additional Details

CA has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/ca20161109-01-security-notice-for-ca-unified-infrastructure-mgmt.html

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2016-08-30 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2016-11-09 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

rgod

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