Intel SaaS Control Console up to 6.14/6.15 Access Restriction NULL Byte path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Intel SaaS Control Console up to 6.14/6.15. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Access Restriction. This manipulation as part of NULL Byte causes path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2013-7462. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Intel SaaS Control Console up to 6.14/6.15. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation as part of a NULL Byte leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A directory traversal vulnerability in the web application in McAfee (now Intel Security) SaaS Control Console (SCC) Platform 6.14 before patch 1070, and 6.15 before patch 1076 allows unauthenticated users to view contents of arbitrary system files that did not have file system level read access restrictions via a null-byte injection exploit.

The bug was discovered 05/11/2017. The weakness was presented 03/14/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-7462 since 02/27/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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Vendor

• Intel

Name

• SaaS Control Console

Version

• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 6.10
• 6.11
• 6.12
• 6.13
• 6.14
• 6.15

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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