VMware vCenter CapacityIQ up to 1.5.x path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in VMware vCenter CapacityIQ up to 1.5.x (Server Management Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware CapacityIQ 1.5.x allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 10/04/2012 by Alexander Minozhenko with ERPScan as VMSA-2012-0014 as confirmed advisory (vmware.com). The advisory is available at vmware.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-5051 since 09/21/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 5.0.x eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (79045). Similar entries are available at 6591 and 62564.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: vCenter CapacityIQ 5.0.x

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09/21/2012 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2012-0014
Researcher: Alexander Minozhenko
Organization: ERPScan
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-5051 (🔍)
X-Force: 79045
SecurityTracker: 1027613 - VMware CapacityIQ Discloses Files to Remote Users
Vulnerability Center: 37404 - Vmware CapacityIQ Remote Arbitrary File Read due to a Directory Traversal Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 55808 - VMware vCenter CapacityIQ Unspecified Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia: 85957
OSVDB: 85958

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/09/2012 10:25
Changes: 10/09/2012 10:25 (74)
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