BlueCat Adonis TFTP privilege escalation
| adonis-tftp-privilege-escalation (35807) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
BlueCat Adonis appliances could allow an authenticated remote attacker with Proteus administrator privileges to gain elevated privileges. By deploying specially-crafted TFTP files, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges on the Adonis system.
Note: This vulnerability only affects systems with BlueCat Proteus deployed.
Platforms Affected:
- BlueCat Networks, Adonis 5.0.2.8 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of December 2007.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- BlueCat Adonis Web site, Adonis DNS management appliances, DNS server - BlueCat Networks at http://www.bluecatnetworks.com/products/adonis-dns-dhcp-appliances/.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Aug 06 2007 - 11:57:18 CDT, TS-2007-002-0: BlueCat Networks Adonis root Privilege Access at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-08/0074.html.
- BID-25214: BlueCat Networks Adonis TFTP Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-4226: Directory traversal vulnerability in the BlueCat Networks Proteus IPAM appliance 2.0.2.0 (Adonis DNS/DHCP appliance 5.0.2.8) allows remote authenticated administrators, with certain TFTP privileges, to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this can be leveraged for administrative access by overwriting /etc/shadow.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2840: BlueCat Networks Proteus TFTP Service Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- SA26354: BlueCat Networks Proteus TFTP Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1018521: BlueCat Networks Proteus Input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Administrators Gain Root Access on Adonis Devices
Reported:
Aug 06, 2007
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