PT-2014-4917 · Sophos · Sophos Web Appliance

Brandon Perry · Published 2014-04-08 · Updated 2014-04-14 · CVE-2014-2849

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sophos Web Appliance versions prior to 3.8.2

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to change the admin user password via a crafted request to the Change Password dialog box. This is related to the change password dialog box in Sophos Web Appliance.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.8.2, update to version 3.8.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Change Password dialog box until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-2849

ZDI-14-069

Affected Products

Sophos Web Appliance

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/sophos_wpa_iface_exec.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/66734 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/32789 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32789 · Exploit
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-069 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2849 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/57706 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/120230.aspx · Vendor Advisory
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-14-069 · Note