Mimosa Client Radios/Backhaul Radios up to 2.2.3 Web Interface POST Request injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mimosa Client Radios and Backhaul Radios up to 2.2.3. This affects an unknown part of the component Web Interface. The manipulation as part of POST Request leads to injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-9135. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Mimosa Client Radios and Backhaul Radios up to 2.2.3 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Web Interface. The manipulation as part of a POST Request leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered on Mimosa Client Radios before 2.2.4 and Mimosa Backhaul Radios before 2.2.4. On the backend of the device's web interface, there are some diagnostic tests available that are not displayed on the webpage; these are only accessible by crafting a POST request with a program like cURL. There is one test accessible via cURL that does not properly sanitize user input, allowing an attacker to execute shell commands as the root user.

The bug was discovered 05/12/2017. The weakness was presented 05/21/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at blog.iancaling.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-9135 since 05/21/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2.2.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-101539, VDB-101540, VDB-101541 and VDB-101542 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Mimosa

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• Backhaul Radios
• Client Radios

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• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.3

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