Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central 7 Administrator Account cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability was found in Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central (Endpoint Management Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Administrator Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central before 9 build 90130 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add an administrator account via an addUser action to STATE_ID/1417736606982/roleMgmt.do.

The weakness was published 02/04/2015 (Website). The advisory is available at manageengine.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-9331 since 12/07/2014. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Mohamed Idris and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit 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. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82082 (ManageEngine Desktop Central < 9 build 90103 XSRF), 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 123261 (ManageEngine Desktop Central Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100630), Exploit-DB (35980), Tenable (82082), SecurityFocus (BID 72464†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48612†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Mohamed Idris
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Nessus ID: 82082
Nessus Name: ManageEngine Desktop Central < 9 build 90103 XSRF
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Desktop Central 9.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: manageengine.com

Advisory: 130219
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-9331 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-9331
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73870
X-Force: 100630
SecurityFocus: 72464 - ManageEngine Desktop Central CVE-2014-9331 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 48612 - ManageEngine Desktop Central Remote CSRF via an addUser Action, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/27/2015 02:56 PM
Updated: 12/08/2024 01:59 AM
Changes: 03/27/2015 02:56 PM (62), 09/21/2018 05:31 PM (11), 04/12/2022 12:12 PM (2), 04/12/2022 12:19 PM (1), 12/08/2024 01:59 AM (17)
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