Symantec Veritas Netbackup up to 6.0 bpcd.exe Command Chain privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Veritas Netbackup up to 6.0 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the file bpcd.exe. The manipulation as part of Command Chain results in Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-4902. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Symantec Veritas Netbackup up to 6.0 (Backup Software). Affected is an unknown code of the file bpcd.exe. The manipulation as part of a Command Chain leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The NetBackup bpcd daemon (bpcd.exe) in Symantec Veritas NetBackup 5.0 before 5.0_MP7, 5.1 before 5.1_MP6, and 6.0 before 6.0_MP4 does not properly check for chained commands, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by appending malicious commands to valid commands.

The weakness was presented 12/14/2006 by Sebastian Apelt (TippingPoint) with ISS X-Force (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityresponse.symantec.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-4902 since 09/20/2006. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at saintcorporation.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at seer.support.veritas.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 10130. In this case the pattern |00 18 00 1B 00 02| is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11809.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27638), SecurityFocus (BID 21565†), OSVDB (31334†), Secunia (SA23368†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017379†). See VDB-2750, VDB-2749, VDB-3024 and VDB-3063 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Saint ID: exploit_info/netbackup_bpcd_command_chaining
Saint Name: VERITAS NetBackup bpcd daemon command chaining vulnerability

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: seer.support.veritas.com

Snort ID: 10130
Snort Message: POLICY VERITAS NetBackup system execution function call access attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityresponse.symantec.com
Researcher: Sebastian Apelt (TippingPoint)
Organization: ISS X-Force
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4902 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4902
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2748
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X-Force: 27638 - Symantec VERITAS NetBackup bpcd.exe command execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 21565 - Symantec NetBackup BPCD Daemon Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23368 - Symantec Veritas Netbackup Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 31334 - Symantec Veritas NetBackup bpcd daemon (bpcd.exe) Chained Command Execution
SecurityTracker: 1017379 - Symantec NetBackup Buffer Overflows and Logic Error in bpcd Daemon Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 13549 - Symantec Veritas NetBackup Remote Arbitrary Commands Execution, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-4999

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

Created: 12/18/2006 10:13
Updated: 11/25/2024 00:18
Changes: 12/18/2006 10:13 (93), 06/07/2017 14:55 (11), 11/25/2024 00:18 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:579:103

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