Security Onion Solutions Squert up to 1.6.7 inc/callback.php tx/transcript catdata os command injection

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A vulnerability was found in Security Onion Solutions Squert up to 1.6.7. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function tx/transcript of the file inc/callback.php. This manipulation of the argument catdata as part of Parameter causes os command injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-1000043. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Security Onion Solutions Squert up to 1.6.7. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function tx/transcript of the file inc/callback.php. The manipulation of the argument catdata as part of a Parameter leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Security Onion Solutions Squert version 1.0.1 through 1.6.7 contains a CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (OS Command Injection) vulnerability in .inc/callback.php that can result in execution of OS Commands. This attack appear to be exploitable via Web request to .inc/callback.php with the payload in the txdata parameter, used in tx()/transcript(), or the catdata parameter, used in cat(). This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.7.0.

The bug was discovered 01/23/2018. The weakness was presented 02/09/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at blog.securityonion.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-1000043 since 02/05/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 17 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:inc/callback.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.7.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-113082 and VDB-113084 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Security Onion Solutions

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• Squert

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• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1
• 1.6.2
• 1.6.3
• 1.6.4
• 1.6.5
• 1.6.6
• 1.6.7

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