Mandiant First Response 1.1.1 fragent.exe denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Mandiant First Response 1.1.1. This affects an unknown function of the file fragent.exe. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-6477. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mandiant First Response 1.1.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file fragent.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

FRAgent.exe in Mandiant First Response (MFR) before 1.1.1, when run in daemon mode and configured to use only HTTP, allows local users to modify requests and responses between a client and an agent by hijacking an HTTP FRAgent daemon and conducting a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2006. The weakness was disclosed 12/19/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at symantec.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-6477 since 12/11/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23925 (First Response < 1.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30953), Tenable (23925), SecurityFocus (BID 21548†), OSVDB (32349†) and Secunia (SA23393†). The entries VDB-33931 and VDB-33930 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 23925
Nessus Name: First Response < 1.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/18/2006 +7 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: symantec.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6477 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6477
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33932
X-Force: 30953
SecurityFocus: 21548 - Mandiant First Response Multiple Denial of Service and Agent Hijacking Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23393
OSVDB: 32349 - Mandiant First Response FRAgent man-in-the-middle
SecurityTracker: 1017394
Vulnerability Center: 13611 - Mandiant First Response FRAgent.exe Using Only HTTP Allows Local Modifying of Requests and Responses, Low
Vupen: ADV-2006-5061

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/12/2019 16:53
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (65), 07/12/2019 16:53 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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