Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-1320 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in IBM Websphere Application Server

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
ibm
CWE-20
nessus

Summary

The Security component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1.0.x before 6.1.0.35 and 7.x before 7.0.0.15, when the Tivoli Integrated Portal / embedded WebSphere Application Server (TIP/eWAS) framework is used, does not properly delete AuthCache entries upon a logout, which might allow remote attackers to access the server by leveraging an unattended workstation.

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 familyWeb Servers
    NASL idWEBSPHERE_6_1_0_35.NASL
    descriptionIBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1 before Fix Pack 35 appears to be running on the remote host. As such, it is reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the Administration Console. (PM14251) - A double free error in BBOOORBR control block could trigger a denial of service condition. (PM17170) - An unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the web container. (PM18512) - It is possible for authenticated users to trigger a DoS condition by using Lightweight Third-Party Authentication (LTPA) tokens for authentication. (PM18644) - Sensitive wsadmin command parameters are included in trace files, which could result in an information disclosure vulnerability. (PM18736) - An unspecified cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists in the Administration Console. (PM18909) - User credentials are not cleared from the cache, even after a user has logged out. (PM21536) - An unspecified vulnerability could allow improper access to console servlets. (PM24372)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id51510
    published2011-01-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51510
    titleIBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1 < 6.1.0.35 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(51510);
      script_version("1.14");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/06 14:03:16");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2010-0783",
        "CVE-2010-0785",
        "CVE-2011-0315",
        "CVE-2011-0316",
        "CVE-2011-1310",
        "CVE-2011-1313",
        "CVE-2011-1319",
        "CVE-2011-1320"
      );
      script_bugtraq_id(43875, 44670, 45800, 45802);
      script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"42136");
    
      script_name(english:"IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1 < 6.1.0.35 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
      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 35 appears to be
    running on the remote host.  As such, it is reportedly affected by
    multiple vulnerabilities :
    
      - An unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability
        exists in the Administration Console. (PM14251)
    
      - A double free error in BBOOORBR control block could
        trigger a denial of service condition. (PM17170)
    
      - An unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability
        exists in the web container. (PM18512)
    
      - It is possible for authenticated users to trigger a DoS
        condition by using Lightweight Third-Party
        Authentication (LTPA) tokens for authentication.
        (PM18644)
    
      - Sensitive wsadmin command parameters are included in
        trace files, which could result in an information
        disclosure vulnerability. (PM18736)
    
      - An unspecified cross-site request forgery vulnerability
        exists in the Administration Console. (PM18909)
    
      - User credentials are not cleared from the cache, even
        after a user has logged out. (PM21536)
    
      - An unspecified vulnerability could allow improper
        access to console servlets. (PM24372)");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21404665");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27009778");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007951#61035");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "If using WebSphere Application Server, apply Fix Pack 35 (6.1.0.35) or
    later. 
    
    Otherwise, if using embedded WebSphere Application Server packaged with
    Tivoli Directory Server, apply the latest recommended eWAS fix pack.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
      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, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/12/17");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/12/17");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/01/13");
    
      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) 2011-2018 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:FALSE);
    
    
    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] == 6 && ver[1] == 1 && ver[2] == 0 && ver[3] < 35)
    {
      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     : 6.1.0.35' +
          '\n';
        security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
      }
      else security_warning(port);
      exit(0);
    }
    else exit(0, "The WebSphere Application Server "+version+" instance listening on port "+port+" is not affected.");
    
  • NASL familyWeb Servers
    NASL idWEBSPHERE_7_0_0_15.NASL
    descriptionIBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 before Fix Pack 15 appears to be running on the remote host. As such, it is reportedly affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A double free error in BBOOORBR control block could trigger a denial of service condition. (PM17170) - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the web container. (PM18512) - It is possible for authenticated users to trigger a DoS condition by using Lightweight Third-Party Authentication (LTPA) tokens for authentication. (PM18644) - Sensitive wsadmin command parameters are included in trace files, which could result in an information disclosure vulnerability. (PM18736) - A memory leak in
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id52615
    published2011-03-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/52615
    titleIBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 < Fix Pack 15 Multiple Vulnerabilities