Sophos Cyberoam Firewall up to 10.6.4 LiveConnectionDetail.jsp GET Parameter cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sophos Cyberoam Firewall up to 10.6.4. This impacts an unknown function of the file LiveConnectionDetail.jsp. Executing a manipulation as part of GET Parameter can lead to cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-9834. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Sophos Cyberoam Firewall up to 10.6.4 (Firewall Software). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file LiveConnectionDetail.jsp. The manipulation as part of a GET Parameter 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. CVE summarizes:

An XSS vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary client side script on vulnerable installations of Sophos Cyberoam firewall devices with firmware through 10.6.4. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of a request to the "LiveConnectionDetail.jsp" application. GET parameters "applicationname" and "username" are improperly sanitized allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the page. This can be abused by an attacker to perform a cross-site scripting attack on the user. A vulnerable URI is /corporate/webpages/trafficdiscovery/LiveConnectionDetail.jsp.

The bug was discovered 05/25/2017. The weakness was shared 06/07/2017 as not defined mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at seclists.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-9834 since 12/05/2016. 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 and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:LiveConnectionDetail.jsp it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (42062). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Sophos

Name

• Cyberoam Firewall

Version

• 10.6.0
• 10.6.1
• 10.6.2
• 10.6.3
• 10.6.4

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.sophos.com/

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