Sophos Web Appliance 3.7.8.1 cgi-bin/patience.cgi ID path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sophos Web Appliance 3.7.8.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file cgi-bin/patience.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument ID with the input ../../log/ui_access_log%00 leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-2641. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Sophos Web Appliance 3.7.8.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file cgi-bin/patience.cgi. The manipulation of the argument id with the input value ../../log/ui_access_log%00 leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in patience.cgi in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.8.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the id parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 04/03/2013 by Wolfgang Ettlingers with SEC Consult as 118969 as confirmed bulletin (Website). The advisory is available at sophos.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2641 since 03/22/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by SEC Consult and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at seclists.org. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65874 (Sophos Web Protection Appliance patience.cgi 'id' Parameter Directory Traversal), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

Upgrading to version 3.7.8.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (83204), Exploit-DB (24932), Tenable (65874), SecurityFocus (BID 58833†) and OSVDB (91953†). The entries VDB-8163, VDB-8164, VDB-8165 and VDB-8166 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: SEC Consult
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Nessus ID: 65874
Nessus Name: Sophos Web Protection Appliance patience.cgi 'id' Parameter Directory Traversal
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MetaSploit ID: sophos_wpa_traversal.rb
MetaSploit Name: Sophos Web Protection Appliance patience.cgi Directory Traversal
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D2Sec: Sophos Web Protection Appliance 3.7.8.1 RCE

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Appliance 3.7.8.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: 118969
Researcher: Wolfgang Ettlingers
Organization: SEC Consult
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-2641 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2641
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8162
X-Force: 83204
SecurityFocus: 58833 - Sophos Web Protection Appliance CVE-2013-2641 Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 52814 - Sophos Web Appliance Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 91953
SecurityTracker: 1028386 - Sophos Web Protection Appliance Bugs Let Remote Users View Files and COnduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Commands
Vulnerability Center: 40235 - Sophos Web Protection Appliance Before 3.7.8.2 Remote Directory Traversal via Improper Sanitization of User Input, Medium

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

Created: 04/08/2013 10:42
Updated: 05/08/2026 12:26
Changes: 04/08/2013 10:42 (89), 01/29/2018 16:09 (7), 05/06/2021 18:00 (3), 12/15/2024 03:19 (14), 05/08/2026 12:26 (1)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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