Symantec Gateway 5.0/5.0.1/5.0.2 spywall/blocked_file.php access control

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A vulnerability has been found in Symantec Gateway 5.0/5.0.1/5.0.2 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the file spywall/blocked_file.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The file-management scripts in the management GUI in Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3 allow remote attackers to upload arbitrary code to a designated pathname, and possibly execute this code, via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 05/17/2012 by SecuriTeam with Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) as SYM12-006 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is shared for download at symantec.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-0299 since 01/04/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

A public exploit has been developed by Metasploit and been published 4 weeks after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. By approaching the search of inurl:spywall/blocked_file.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59210 (Symantec Web Gateway upload_file() Remote Code Execution (SYM12-006) (intrusive check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12555 (Symantec Web Gateway Multiple Security Vulnerability (SYM12-006)).

Upgrading to version 5.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75730), Tenable (59210) and Exploit-DB (19038). Similar entries are available at 5438, 5439, 5441 and 5621.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Metasploit
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Nessus ID: 59210
Nessus Name: Symantec Web Gateway upload_file() Remote Code Execution (SYM12-006) (intrusive check)
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OpenVAS ID: 803094
OpenVAS Name: Symantec Web Gateway Remote Shell Command Execution Vulnerability
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MetaSploit ID: symantec_web_gateway_file_upload.rb
MetaSploit Name: Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.2.8 Arbitrary PHP File Upload Vulnerability
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D2Sec: Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.2 File Upload

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Upgrade: Gateway 5.0.3
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Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: SYM12-006
Researcher: SecuriTeam
Organization: Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)
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CVE: CVE-2012-0299 (🔍)
X-Force: 75730
SecurityTracker: 1027078 - Symantec Web Gateway Bugs Let Remote Users View/Upload/Delete Files, Execute Arbitrary Commands, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 35190 - Symantec Web Gateway 5.0.x before 5.0.3 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 53443 - Symantec Web Gateway Management Scripts Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Secunia: 49216 - Symantec Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 82025

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 05/25/2012 12:54
Updated: 03/25/2021 07:04
Changes: 05/25/2012 12:54 (85), 01/29/2018 16:09 (21), 03/25/2021 07:04 (2)
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