PT-2014-2605 · Sophos · Sophos Web Appliance

Published 2014-03-18 · Updated 2014-03-19 · CVE-2013-2641

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sophos Web Appliance versions prior to 3.7.8.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This is achieved via the id parameter in the patience.cgi component.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.7.8.2, update to version 3.7.8.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the patience.cgi component until a patch is applied. Avoid using the id parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-2641

Affected Products

Sophos Web Appliance

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/sophos_wpa_traversal.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20130403-0_Sophos_Web_Protection_Appliance_Multiple_Vulnerabilities.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/24932 · Exploit
• http://sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/118969.aspx · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2641 · Security Note