Sourcefire Defense Center up to 4.7 Management Interface admin access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sourcefire Defense Center up to 4.7 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Management Interface. Executing a manipulation of the argument admin can lead to access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2009-2344. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sourcefire Defense Center up to 4.7 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Management Interface. The manipulation of the argument admin with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The web-based management interfaces in Sourcefire Defense Center (DC) and 3D Sensor before 4.8.2 allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a $admin value for the admin parameter in an edit action to admin/user/user.cgi and unspecified other components.

The weakness was disclosed 07/07/2009 by Gregory Duchemin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-2344 since 07/07/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 4.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51545), SecurityFocus (BID 35553†), Secunia (SA35658†), SecurityTracker (ID 1022500†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41374†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Defense Center 4.8

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Gregory Duchemin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-2344 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2344
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48892
X-Force: 51545
SecurityFocus: 35553 - Sourcefire 3D Sensor and Defense Center 'user.cgi' Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35658
SecurityTracker: 1022500 - Sourcefire 3D Sensor and Defense Center Lets Remote Authenticated Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 41374 - Sourcefire Defense Center (DC) and 3D Sensor before 4.8.2 Remote Privilege Escalation via $admin Value in User.cgi, High
Vupen: ADV-2009-1785

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 12/02/2024 16:02
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (58), 05/10/2017 10:35 (10), 08/12/2021 09:14 (3), 09/14/2024 06:39 (17), 12/02/2024 16:02 (1)
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