Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera 2.52.2.37 Web Management Interface HTTP Request path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera 2.52.2.37. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation as part of HTTP Request leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-2829. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera 2.52.2.37 (Network Camera Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An exploitable directory traversal vulnerability exists in the web management interface used by the Foscam C1 Indoor HD Camera running application firmware 2.52.2.37. A specially crafted HTTP request can cause the application to read a file from disk but a failure to adequately filter characters results in allowing an attacker to specify a file outside of a directory. An attacker can simply send an HTTP request to the device to trigger this vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 06/19/2017. The weakness was shared 06/21/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2829 since 12/01/2016. 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 T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 SecurityFocus (BID 99250†). The entries VDB-102721, VDB-102720, VDB-102718 and VDB-102717 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Network Camera Software

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• Foscam

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• C1 Indoor HD Camera

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• 2.52.2.37

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.foscam.com/

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