Symantec Web Gateway up to 5.1.0 Transaction cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Symantec Web Gateway up to 5.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Transaction Handler. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2013-4671. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Symantec Web Gateway up to 5.1.0 (Firewall Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Transaction Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the management console on the Symantec Web Gateway (SWG) appliance before 5.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2012. The weakness was disclosed 07/25/2013 by Wolfgang Ettlingers with SEC Consult Unternehmensberatung GmbH as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Symantec. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-4671 since 06/24/2013. The attack can be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by SEC Consult and been published 1 days after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at seclists.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 219 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69179 (Symantec Web Gateway < 5.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM13-008)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12714 (Symantec Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM13-008)).

Upgrading to version 5.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (27136), Tenable (69179), SecurityFocus (BID 61102†), OSVDB (95699†) and Secunia (SA54294†). The entries VDB-9752, VDB-9753, VDB-9754 and VDB-9755 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: SEC Consult
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Nessus ID: 69179
Nessus Name: Symantec Web Gateway < 5.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYM13-008)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Web Gateway 5.1.1

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12/18/2012 🔍
06/24/2013 +188 days 🔍
07/17/2013 +23 days 🔍
07/25/2013 +8 days 🔍
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08/04/2013 +3 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Wolfgang Ettlingers
Organization: SEC Consult Unternehmensberatung GmbH
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CVE: CVE-2013-4671 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4671
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9757

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SecurityFocus: 61102 - Symantec Web Gateway CVE-2013-4671 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
Secunia: 54294 - Symantec Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 95699
Vulnerability Center: 40817 - Symantec Web Gateway Before 5.1.1 Management Console Remote Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability via Crafted URL, Medium

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

Created: 07/29/2013 16:44
Updated: 05/20/2021 15:58
Changes: 07/29/2013 16:44 (89), 05/07/2017 11:36 (3), 05/20/2021 15:58 (3)
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