VDB-83815 · CVE-2016-2353 · Qualys 11640

Accellion File Transfer Appliance up to FTA_9_12 SSH Key access control

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A vulnerability was found in Accellion File Transfer Appliance up to FTA_9_12 (File Transfer Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component SSH Key Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) before FTA_9_12_40 allows local users to add an SSH key to an arbitrary group, and consequently gain privileges, via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 05/07/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-2353 since 02/12/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11640 (Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) Contains Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version FTA_9_12_40 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 72537
OpenVAS Name: Accellion FTA Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: File Transfer Appliance FTA_9_12_40

Timelineinfo

02/12/2016 🔍
05/07/2016 +85 days 🔍
05/07/2016 +0 days 🔍
05/08/2016 +1 days 🔍
11/21/2018 +927 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-2353 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 10:24
Updated: 11/21/2018 04:35
Changes: 05/08/2016 10:24 (64), 11/21/2018 04:35 (1)
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Cache ID: 3:939:103

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