VDB-6539 · ID 50686 · SA50686

SonicWALL AntiSpam / EMail Security Appliance 7.3.5 policy_approval_box.html pathname cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SonicWALL AntiSpam and EMail Security Appliance 7.3.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the file policy_approval_box.html. The manipulation of the argument pathname leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SonicWALL AntiSpam and EMail Security Appliance 7.3.5 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file policy_approval_box.html. The manipulation of the argument pathname with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 08/14/2012 by Benjamin Kunz Mejri with Vulnerability Research Laboratory as 50686 as not defined advisory (Secunia). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. The vendor was not involved in the public release. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 103 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:policy_approval_box.html it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 7.3.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (85720†) and Secunia (SA50686†). The entries VDB-6540, VDB-6628 and VDB-6629 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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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: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AntiSpam / EMail Security Appliance 7.3.6

Timelineinfo

05/03/2012 🔍
05/10/2012 +7 days 🔍
08/14/2012 +96 days 🔍
08/14/2012 +0 days 🔍
09/17/2012 +34 days 🔍
09/24/2012 +7 days 🔍
09/25/2012 +1 days 🔍
09/28/2012 +3 days 🔍
08/25/2017 +1792 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sonicwall.com

Advisory: 50686⛔
Researcher: Benjamin Kunz Mejri
Organization: Vulnerability Research Laboratory
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6539
Secunia: 50686 - SonicWALL Anti-Spam & Email Security Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 85720

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

Created: 09/28/2012 10:20
Updated: 08/25/2017 19:25
Changes: 09/28/2012 10:20 (62), 08/25/2017 19:25 (1)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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