McAfee UTM Firewall Input Validation Flaw in Help Page Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1024091 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1024091
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2010-2290
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Jun 18 2010
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Original Entry Date: Jun 11 2010
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Impact:
Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 3.0.0 to 4.0.6
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in McAfee UTM Firewall. A remote user can conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
The management console help feature does not properly filter HTML code from user-supplied input before displaying the input. A remote user can create a specially crafted URL that, when loaded by an authenticated target user, will cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the target user's browser. The code will originate from the McAfee UTM Firewall device and will run in the security context of that site. As a result, the code will be able to access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
The remote user must know the internal IP address for the target UTM device.
A demonstration exploit URL is provided:
The vendor was notified on January 21, 2010.
The original advisory is available at:
http://ngenuity-is.com/advisories/2010/jun/9/mcafee-utm-firewall-help-cross-site-scripting/
Adam Baldwin of Ngenuity Information Services reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the McAfee UTM Firewall device, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (4.0.7).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10010
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Vendor URL: kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10010 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Subject: McAfee UTM Firewall Help Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
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Advisory Information
Advisory ID: NGENUITY-2010-005
Date published: 6/9/2010
Vulnerability Information
Class: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Software Description
McAfee UTM Firewall (Firmware 3.0.0 to 4.0.6) (formerly SnapGear) is the
affected product line. More information can be found at
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10010
<http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/products/network_security/utm_firewall.html>
Vulnerability Description
The help feature of the McAfee UTM Firewall (Firmware 3.0.0 to 4.0.6)
management console is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting.
It could allow an attacker to cause a user to execute attacker-supplied
Javascript code. This attack requires the target to have an existing
valid session logged into the UTM device and that the attacker know the
internal IP address for the UTM device.
McAfee recommends upgrading to UTM Firewall Firmware 4.0.7 to mitigate
this vulnerability
*Timeline:
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1/21/2010 - McAfee notified of vulnerability, provided with proof of concept
6/9/2010 - McAfee notified nGenuity of available fix and related information
Technical Description
*Example Exploit URL:
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Original Posting:
http://ngenuity-is.com/advisories/2010/jun/9/mcafee-utm-firewall-help-cross-site-scripting/
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