Alcatel-Lucent Unified Maintenance Tool OmniPCX masterCGI command execution

alcatel-unified-mastercgi-command-execution (36632) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

The Alcatel-Lucent Unified Maintenance Tool shipped with OmniPCX Enterprise could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the masterCGI script. A remote attacker could inject arbitrary shell commands using the ping and user parameters separated by a semi-colon character (;) in a specially-crafted URL request to the OmniPCX Web interface, which would be executed on the system with the privileges of the Web application user.

Platforms Affected:

  • Alcatel, OmniPCX Enterprise 6.0
  • Alcatel, OmniPCX Enterprise 6.1
  • Alcatel, OmniPCX Enterprise 6.2
  • Alcatel, OmniPCX Enterprise 7.0
  • Alcatel, OmniPCX Enterprise 7.1

Remedy:

Refer to the Alcatel-Lucent Security Advisory for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Reported:

Sep 17, 2007

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