Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-1172 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in IBM Websphere Application Server
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
The JAX-RPC WS-Security runtime in the Web Services Security component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 before 6.1.0.23 and 7.0 before 7.0.0.3, when APAR PK41002 is installed, does not properly validate UsernameToken objects, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Server Side Include (SSI) Injection An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
- Cross Zone Scripting An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
- Cross Site Scripting through Log Files An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
- Command Line Execution through SQL Injection An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.
Nessus
NASL family Web Servers NASL id WEBSPHERE_6_1_0_23.NASL description IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1 before Fix Pack 23 appears to be installed on the remote host. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Provided an attacker has valid credentials, it may be possible to hijack an authenticated session. (PK66676) - It may be possible for a remote attacker to redirect users to arbitrary sites using ibm_security_logout servlet. (PK71126) - Under certain conditions it may be possible to access administrative console user sessions. (PK74966) - If APAR PK41002 has been applied, a vulnerability in the JAX-RPC WS-Security component could incorrectly validate last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 36161 published 2009-04-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/36161 title IBM WebSphere Application Server < 6.1.0.23 Multiple Flaws code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(36161); script_version("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/06 14:03:16"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2008-4284", "CVE-2009-0508", "CVE-2009-0855", "CVE-2009-0856", "CVE-2009-0891", "CVE-2009-0892", "CVE-2009-1172" ); script_bugtraq_id(34330, 34501, 34502, 35610); script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"33729"); script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"34131"); script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"34283"); script_name(english:"IBM WebSphere Application Server < 6.1.0.23 Multiple Flaws"); script_summary(english:"Reads the version number from the SOAP port"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote application server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1 before Fix Pack 23 appears to be installed on the remote host. 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As such, it is reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Under certain conditions it may be possible to access administrative console user sessions. (PK74966) - The administrative console is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. 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(PK81387) - A security bypass caused by inbound requests that lack a SOAPAction or WS-Addressing Action. (PK72138)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24022693"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24022456"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21367223"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463#7003"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply Fix Pack 3 (7.0.0.3) or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(20, 200, 264, 287, 310); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/03/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Web Servers"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("websphere_detect.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 8880, 8881); script_require_keys("www/WebSphere"); exit(0); } include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("http.inc"); port = get_http_port(default:8880, embedded: 0); version = get_kb_item("www/WebSphere/"+port+"/version"); if (isnull(version)) exit(1, "Failed to extract the version from the IBM WebSphere Application Server instance listening on port " + port + "."); if (version =~ "^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?$") exit(1, "Failed to extract a granular version from the IBM WebSphere Application Server instance listening on port " + port + "."); ver = split(version, sep:'.', keep:FALSE); for (i=0; i<max_index(ver); i++) ver[i] = int(ver[i]); if (ver[0] == 7 && ver[1] == 0 && ver[2] == 0 && ver[3] < 3) { set_kb_item(name:'www/'+port+'/XSS', value:TRUE); if (report_verbosity > 0) { source = get_kb_item_or_exit("www/WebSphere/"+port+"/source"); report = '\n Source : ' + source + '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : 7.0.0.3' + '\n'; security_hole(port:port, extra:report); } else security_hole(port); exit(0); } else exit(0, "The WebSphere Application Server "+version+" instance listening on port "+port+" is not affected.");
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34131
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34461
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34502
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK75992
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21367223
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463