Check Box 2016 Q2 Survey login.aspx ReturnUrl redirect

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A vulnerability was found in Check Box 2016 Q2 Survey. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the file login.aspx. Performing a manipulation of the argument ReturnUrl with the input http://www.google.com results in redirect. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Check Box 2016 Q2 Survey (Survey Software) (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the file login.aspx. The manipulation of the argument ReturnUrl with the input value http://www.google.com leads to a redirect vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 01/17/2017 by Fady Mohammed Osman as EDB-ID 41086 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1204.001 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Fady Mohammed Osman and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:login.aspx it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (41086). Similar entries are available at VDB-95443 and VDB-95444. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Survey Software

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• Check Box 2016 Q2 Survey

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