Adobe Experience Manager 5.6.1/6.0.0/6.1.0 Apple Sling information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Experience Manager 5.6.1/6.0.0/6.1.0 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Apple Sling. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-0956. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe Experience Manager 5.6.1/6.0.0/6.1.0 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Apple Sling. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The Servlets Post component 2.3.6 in Apache Sling, as used in Adobe Experience Manager 5.6.1, 6.0.0, and 6.1.0, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 02/10/2016 by Ateeq ur Rehman Khan with Vulnerability Lab (Website). The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-0956. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

A public exploit has been developed by Vulnerability-Lab and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit 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 databases at Exploit-DB (39435), SecurityFocus (BID 83119†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56577†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-80895, VDB-80897 and VDB-80898. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Vulnerability-Lab
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OpenVAS ID: 800678
OpenVAS Name: Apache Sling Framework (Adobe AEM) Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: 135720
Researcher: Ateeq ur Rehman Khan
Organization: Vulnerability Lab
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-0956 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0956
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80896
SecurityFocus: 83119 - Apache Sling CVE-2016-0956 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 56577 - [APSB16-05] Adobe Experience Manager Remote Information Disclosure on Apache Sling Servlets Post, Medium

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

Created: 02/11/2016 09:05
Updated: 01/20/2025 21:43
Changes: 02/11/2016 09:05 (64), 08/22/2018 09:49 (18), 07/07/2022 16:59 (5), 01/20/2025 21:43 (14)
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