685 : Cisco PIX Firewall Manager (PFM) on Windows Web Interface Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
12	665	over 9 years ago	over 2 years ago	2 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date	Vendor Solution Date
1998-08-31	1998-08-31	1998-09-02

Days of Exposure
2 days

Keywords

TCP Port 8080, CSCdk39378

Description

Cisco PIX Firewall Manager contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to access arbitrary files outside of the web path. The issue is due to the server not properly sanitizing user input, specifically traversal style attacks (../../) supplied via the URI.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related, Security Software

Solution

Upgrade (or downgrade) to version 4.1(6b) or 4.2(2), as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Cisco Systems, Inc.	PIX Firewall Manager	4.1(6a)
		4.2(1)
		4.2(2)

References

ISS X-Force ID: 1583
CVE ID: 1999-0158 (see also: NVD)
CERT VU: 5053
Bugtraq ID: 691
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1998_3/0692.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/770/pixmgrfile-pub.shtml

Tools & Filters

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Snort	1498 1858

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Brett Oliphant - Brett_M_Oliphant/Lafayette_Lifellnotes.llic.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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