Netsweeper cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netsweeper. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2012-2447. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Netsweeper (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in accountmgr/adminupdate.php in the WebAdmin Portal in Netsweeper allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that create administrative accounts via an add action.

The weakness was disclosed 07/09/2012 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-2447 since 05/01/2012. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (19714). The entries VDB-61228 and VDB-61226 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/01/2012 🔍
07/09/2012 +69 days 🔍
07/09/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +987 days 🔍
08/09/2024 +3427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-2447 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2447
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61227
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 08/09/2024 22:43
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (45), 01/24/2018 10:17 (4), 08/09/2024 22:43 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:FC3:103

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