Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3 Address Book temporaryCalendars cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Address Book. The manipulation of the argument temporaryCalendars results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-1729. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3 (Programming Language Software). Affected is an unknown function of the component Address Book. The manipulation of the argument temporaryCalendars with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sun Java System Communications Express 6 2005Q4 (aka 6.2) and 6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the abperson_displayName parameter to uwc/abs/search.xml in the Add Contact implementation in the Personal Address Book component or (2) the temporaryCalendars parameter to uwc/base/UWCMain.

The weakness was presented 05/20/2009 by CORE Security with CORE Security Technologies (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-1729 since 05/20/2009. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25071 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 122793-36 (deprecated)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50658), Exploit-DB (32863), Tenable (25071), SecurityFocus (BID 34155†) and OSVDB (54609†). See VDB-52743 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 25071
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 122793-36 (deprecated)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: CORE Security
Organization: CORE Security Technologies
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-1729 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1729
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48258
X-Force: 50658
SecurityFocus: 34155 - Sun Java System Communications Express 'UWCMain' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 32474
OSVDB: 54609 - Sun Java System Communications Express uwc/base/UWCMain URL Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1022266
Vulnerability Center: 22121 - Sun Java System Communications Express 6 2005Q4 and 6.3 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1389

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

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 04/13/2025 22:56
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (65), 09/04/2019 15:41 (19), 11/24/2024 21:21 (21), 04/13/2025 22:56 (2)
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