EMC RSA Web Threat Detection 5.0 Service Account access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in EMC RSA Web Threat Detection 5.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Service Account. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-4548. No exploit is available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in EMC RSA Web Threat Detection 5.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Service Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before 5.1 SP1 allows local users to obtain root privileges by leveraging access to a service account and writing commands to a service configuration file.

The weakness was published 09/29/2015 as ESA-2015-152 as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-4548 since 06/11/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (106717) and SecurityTracker (ID 1033672†). Similar entry is available at VDB-78154. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven

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Timelineinfo

06/11/2015 🔍
09/29/2015 +110 days 🔍
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09/30/2015 +1 days 🔍
10/11/2015 +11 days 🔍
01/07/2018 +819 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dellemc.com

Advisory: ESA-2015-152
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-4548 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4548
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78155
X-Force: 106717 - EMC RSA Web Threat Detection service account privilege escalation
SecurityTracker: 1033672

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2015 10:48
Updated: 01/07/2018 11:05
Changes: 09/30/2015 10:48 (52), 01/07/2018 11:05 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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