CA Etrust Pestpatrol 8.0 Web Console memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in CA Etrust Pestpatrol 8.0. This affects an unknown code of the component Web Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the inoweb Console Server in CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise r8, Threat Manager r8, Anti-Spyware for the Enterprise r8, and Protection Suites r3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) username or (2) password.

The bug was discovered 05/08/2007. The weakness was published 05/09/2007 by Tenable Network Security with Tenable Network Security as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-2522 since 05/08/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/19/2019).

The exploit is shared for download at saintcorporation.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25219 (CA Multiple Products inoweb Console Server Authentication Remote Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 15942. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4861.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34204) and Tenable (25219). Similar entry is available at 36706.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 25219
Nessus Name: CA Multiple Products inoweb Console Server Authentication Remote Overflow
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Saint ID: exploit_info/ca_console_login
Saint Name: CA Console Server username buffer overflow

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Recommended: Authentication
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Snort ID: 15942
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Tenable Network Security
Organization: Tenable Network Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-2522 (🔍)
X-Force: 34204
SecurityTracker: 1018043
Vulnerability Center: 15163 - CA inoweb Console Server Buffer Overflow via Login Credentials, High
SecurityFocus: 23906 - CA Multiple Products Console Server and InoCore.dll Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 25202
OSVDB: 34585 - CA Multiple Products inoweb Console Server Authentication Remote Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2007-1750

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 07/19/2019 13:07
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (94), 07/19/2019 13:07 (1)
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