EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication On-Premise up to 7.3 P1 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication On-Premise up to 7.3 P1. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-4978. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication On-Premise up to 7.3 P1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive) contains a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

The bug was discovered 05/10/2017. The weakness was disclosed 05/11/2017 as ESA-2017-017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at emc.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-4978 since 12/29/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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 $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 7.3 P2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 98392†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038469†). The entries VDB-78052, VDB-78053, VDB-78054 and VDB-91911 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: RSA Adaptive Authentication On-Premise 7.3 P2

Timelineinfo

12/29/2016 🔍
05/10/2017 +132 days 🔍
05/11/2017 +1 days 🔍
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05/12/2017 +1 days 🔍
05/19/2017 +7 days 🔍
12/23/2020 +1314 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dellemc.com

Advisory: ESA-2017-017
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-4978 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-4978
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101077
SecurityFocus: 98392 - EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On Premise) CVE-2017-4978 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1038469

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/12/2017 08:29
Updated: 12/23/2020 09:10
Changes: 05/12/2017 08:29 (52), 02/07/2020 07:07 (10), 12/23/2020 09:10 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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