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A vulnerability was found in Axway SecureTransport 5.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation 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, and integrity. CVE summarizes:
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Axway SecureTransport 5.1 SP2 and earlier allow remote authenticated users to (1) read, (2) delete, or (3) create files, or (4) list directories, via a ..%5C (encoded dot dot backslash) in a URI.
The weakness was presented 12/13/2012 by Sebastian Perez (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4991 since 09/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.
A public exploit has been developed by Sebastian Perez and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.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 $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (80646) and Exploit-DB (23324).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-22
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Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Sebastian Perez
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Timeline
09/19/2012 🔍11/11/2012 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: exploit-db.comResearcher: Sebastian Perez
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2012-4991 (🔍)
X-Force: 80646
Vulnerability Center: 47659 - Axway SecureTransport <=5.1 SP2 Multiple Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities via a '..%5C\x27 in a URI, High
SecurityFocus: 56902 - Axway SecureTransport CVE-2012-4991 Directory Traversal Vulnerability
OSVDB: 88371
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 12:22Updated: 06/15/2017 11:38
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (55), 06/15/2017 11:38 (11)
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