Digium Asterisk up to 1.8.15.0/10.7.0 Manager Interface main/manager.c privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Digium Asterisk up to 1.8.15.0/10.7.0 (Communications System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the file main/manager.c of the component Manager Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in main/manager.c in Asterisk Open Source 1.8.x before 1.8.15.1 and 10.x before 10.7.1, Certified Asterisk 1.8.11 before 1.8.11-cert6, Asterisk Digiumphones 10.x.x-digiumphones before 10.7.1-digiumphones, and Asterisk Business Edition C.3.x before C.3.7.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging originate privileges and providing an ExternalIVR value in an AMI Originate action.

The weakness was released 08/30/2012 by Zubair Ashraf with IBM ISS X-Force as AST-2012-012 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at downloads.asterisk.org. The public release was coordinated with Digium. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-2186 since 04/04/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details and a private exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 48 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62154 (Fedora 16 : asterisk-1.8.15.1-1.fc16 (2012-13437)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.8.15.1 or 10.7.1 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 Tenable (62154), SecurityFocus (BID 54317†), OSVDB (85070†), Secunia (SA50456†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027460†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-6080 and VDB-61231.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Private
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Nessus ID: 62154
Nessus Name: Fedora 16 : asterisk-1.8.15.1-1.fc16 (2012-13437)
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OpenVAS ID: 72408
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2550-1 (asterisk)
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Upgrade: Asterisk 1.8.15.1/10.7.1

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Vendor: digium.com

Advisory: AST-2012-012
Researcher: Zubair Ashraf
Organization: IBM ISS X-Force
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CVE: CVE-2012-2186 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 54317 - Asterisk Voice Mail Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 50456 - Asterisk Two Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 85070
SecurityTracker: 1027460 - Asterisk AMI Originate Action Lets Remote Authenticated Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 36109 - Asterisk Multiple Products main/manager.c Remote Incomplete Blacklist Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 09/03/2012 01:03 PM
Updated: 08/15/2024 04:37 PM
Changes: 09/03/2012 01:03 PM (80), 12/24/2017 09:34 AM (15), 04/12/2021 06:18 AM (2), 08/15/2024 04:37 PM (15)
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