Novell Identity Manager 4.0.2 MKDQUOTESAFE command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Novell Identity Manager 4.0.2 and classified as critical. This affects the function MKDQUOTESAFE. The manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-4509. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell Identity Manager 4.0.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function MKDQUOTESAFE. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 06/20/2014 as 5187330 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is shared at download.novell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4509 since 06/20/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at download.novell.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (93926), SecurityFocus (BID 68139†) and OSVDB (108280†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Patch: download.novell.com

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06/20/2014 🔍
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06/21/2014 +1 days 🔍
06/23/2014 +2 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +267 days 🔍
08/04/2021 +2332 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: 5187330
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4509 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4509
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46301
X-Force: 93926 - Novell Identity Manager MKDQUOTESAFE shell function command execution, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 68139 - Novell Identity Manager 'Fan-Out Platform' Services Local Command Injection Vulnerability
OSVDB: 108280

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/04/2021 10:59
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (59), 03/02/2018 10:13 (1), 08/04/2021 10:59 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:E3B:103

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