CA Protection Suites rxrpc.dll filename path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in CA Protection Suites (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing in the library rxrpc.dll. The manipulation of the argument filename with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in rxRPC.dll in CA (Computer Associates) BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops r11.0 through r11.5 allows remote attackers to upload and overwrite arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequence in the destination filename argument to sub-function 8 in the rxrReceiveFileFromServer command.

The bug was discovered 09/21/2007. The weakness was presented 10/01/2007 by eEye Digital Security with eEye Digital Security (Website). The advisory is available at ca.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-5005 since 09/20/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69317 (CA ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops Server and CA Desktop Management Suite Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370648 (CA ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops Server Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5676.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36731) and Tenable (69317). See 3112, 39039, 39037 and 39036 for similar entries.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
ATT&CK: T1006

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Nessus ID: 69317
Nessus Name: CA ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops Server and CA Desktop Management Suite Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
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Saint ID: exploit_info/brightstor_arcserve_rxrreceivefile
Saint Name: BrightStor ARCserve Backup LGServer directory traversal

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Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: ca.com
Researcher: eEye Digital Security
Organization: eEye Digital Security
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CVE: CVE-2007-5005 (🔍)
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X-Force: 36731
SecurityTracker: 1018728
Vulnerability Center: 18462 - Computer Associates BrightStor ARCserve Backup r11.0- r11.5 Directory Traversal Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 24348 - Computer Associates ARCserve Backup Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 25606
OSVDB: 41350 - CA Brightstor ARCserve Backup NetBackup service file upload

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 08/10/2019 16:53
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (85), 08/10/2019 16:53 (12)
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