Computer Associates (CA) eTrust Security Command Center eSMPAuditServlet directory traversal
| ca-etrust-esmpauditservlet-dir-traversal (29104) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
CA eTrust Security Command Center could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by a vulnerability in the eSMPAuditServlet script . An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the eSMPAuditServlet script containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the eSCCAdHocHtmlFile parameter to traverse directories and read or delete arbitrary files on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- CA, eTrust Security Command Center 1.0
- CA, eTrust Security Command Center 8 SP1 CR1
- CA, eTrust Security Command Center 8 SP1 CR2
- CA, eTrust Security Command Center 8
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in the CA Security Advisor Research Blog posting dated Thursday, September 21, 2006. See References.
Consequences:
File Manipulation
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Sep 22 2006 - 03:03:34 CDT, RE: Computer Associates eTrust Security Command Center Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-09/0357.html.
- CA Security Advisor Research Blog Thursday, September 21, 2006, CA eSCC and eTrust Audit vulnerabilities at http://www3.ca.com/blogs/posting.aspx?id=90744&pid=93243&date=2006/9.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu Sep 21 2006 - 10:20:19 CDT, [CAID 34616, 34617, 34618]: CA eSCC and eTrust Audit vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-09/0387.html.
- BID-20139: CA eTrust Security Command Center and eTrust Audit Multiple Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-4900: Directory traversal vulnerability in Computer Associates (CA) eTrust Security Command Center 1.0 and r8 up to SP1 CR2, allows remote authenticated users to read and delete arbitrary files via .. sequences in the eSCCAdHocHtmlFile parameter to eSMPAuditServlet, which is not properly handled by the getadhochtml function.
- SA22023: CA eTrust Security Command Center Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016910: CA eTrust Security Command Center Lets Remote Authenticated Users Read/Delete Files and Lets Remote Users Conduct Replay Attacks
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3738: CA eTrust Security Command Center and eTrust Audit Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Sep 21, 2006
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