Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway/ProxySG Management Console unrestricted upload

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway and ProxySG. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Management Console. The manipulation results in unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-10258. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway and ProxySG (Firewall Software) (version now known). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Management Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) and ProxySG management consoles. A malicious appliance administrator can upload arbitrary malicious files to the management console and trick another administrator user into downloading and executing malicious code.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2018. The weakness was disclosed 04/11/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at symantec.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-10258 since 03/23/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109035 (Symantec ProxySG 6.5 < 6.5.10.8 / 6.6 < 6.6.5.14 / 6.7.3 < 6.7.3.7 / 6.7.4 < 6.7.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SA162)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Firewalls and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (47392), Tenable (109035) and SecurityFocus (BID 103685†). The entries VDB-116054 and VDB-116055 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Unrestricted upload
CWE: CWE-434 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 109035
Nessus Name: Symantec ProxySG 6.5 < 6.5.10.8 / 6.6 < 6.6.5.14 / 6.7.3 < 6.7.3.7 / 6.7.4 < 6.7.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SA162)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/23/2017 🔍
04/10/2018 +383 days 🔍
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04/11/2018 +1 days 🔍
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04/12/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/13/2018 +1 days 🔍
06/30/2024 +2269 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: symantec.com
Researcher: Robert Jaroszuk @ RBS Security, Jakub Palaczynski, Pawel Bartunek.
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-10258 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-10258
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-116052
SecurityFocus: 103685 - Symantec ProxySG and ASG Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040757

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/12/2018 09:35
Updated: 06/30/2024 01:39
Changes: 04/12/2018 09:35 (65), 01/24/2020 08:41 (6), 02/09/2021 16:13 (2), 02/09/2021 16:19 (1), 06/30/2024 01:39 (23)
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