Red Hat Satellite 5 XMLRPC Interface path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Satellite 5. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component XMLRPC Interface. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-8163. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Satellite 5. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component XMLRPC Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input 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, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the XMLRPC interface in Red Hat Satellite 5.

The bug was discovered 10/10/2014. The weakness was released 08/28/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-8163 since 10/10/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/10/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1053 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-105772 and VDB-105777. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: access.redhat.com
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CVE: CVE-2014-8163 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8163
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105776
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Created: 08/29/2017 09:06
Updated: 11/10/2019 15:31
Changes: 08/29/2017 09:06 (51), 11/10/2019 15:31 (8)
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