VDB-8420 · CVE-2013-1495 · BID 59032

Oracle Support Tools up to 4.3.2 Automatic Service Request link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Support Tools up to 4.3.2. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Automatic Service Request. Such manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-1495. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Support Tools up to 4.3.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Automatic Service Request. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

asr in Oracle Auto Service Request in Oracle Support Tools before 4.3.2 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a predictable filename in /tmp.

The weakness was published 04/16/2013 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2013 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-1495 since 01/30/2013. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 59032†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-39162†). zdnet.com is providing further details. Similar entries are available at VDB-7066, VDB-7607, VDB-8322 and VDB-8265. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Local: Yes
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2013
Organization: Oracle
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CVE: CVE-2013-1495 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1495
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8420
SecurityFocus: 59032 - RETIRED: Oracle April 2013 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 39162 - [cpuapr2013-1899555] Oracle Automatic Service Request Local Host Privilege, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/17/2013 11:51
Updated: 04/27/2017 08:56
Changes: 04/17/2013 11:51 (57), 04/27/2017 08:56 (9)
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Cache ID: 216:64D:103

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