SiteKiosk title bar security bypass

sitekiosk-titlebar-security-bypass (30877)

Medium Risk

Description:

SiteKiosk is vulnerable to security bypass. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted link to the title bar using an "About" prefix, which could allow the attacker to gain access on the local kiosk system and execute commands.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	7
Access Vector:	Remote
Access Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial
Temporal Score:	6.1
Exploitability:	High
Remediation Level:	Official-Fix
Report Confidence:	Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of SiteKiosk (version 6.5.150 or later), available from the SiteKiosk Web site. See References.

References:

• Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Mon Dec 11 2006 - 17:01:02 CST: [SBDA] SiteKiosk - FileSystem Access.
• SiteKiosk Web site: SiteKiosk 6.
• BID-21567: SiteKiosk About Prefix Zone-Bypass Vulnerability
• CVE-2006-6509: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the skinning feature in SiteKiosk before 6.5.150 allows local users to bypass security protections and inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an ABOUT: URI, which is displayed in the title bar of the browser.
• SA23253: SiteKiosk Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
• VUPEN/ADV-2006-4985: SiteKiosk Multiple Client-Side Security Bypass and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

• Microsoft Windows XP SP2
• PROVISIO SiteKiosk prior to 6.5.150

Reported:

Dec 11, 2006

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