Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-3305 - Path Traversal vulnerability in IBM Websphere Application Server
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 before 6.1.0.47, 7.0 before 7.0.0.25, 8.0 before 8.0.0.5, and 8.5 before 8.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted application file.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Relative Path Traversal An attacker exploits a weakness in input validation on the target by supplying a specially constructed path utilizing dot and slash characters for the purpose of obtaining access to arbitrary files or resources. An attacker modifies a known path on the target in order to reach material that is not available through intended channels. These attacks normally involve adding additional path separators (/ or \) and/or dots (.), or encodings thereof, in various combinations in order to reach parent directories or entirely separate trees of the target's directory structure.
- Directory Traversal An attacker with access to file system resources, either directly or via application logic, will use various file path specification or navigation mechanisms such as ".." in path strings and absolute paths to extend their range of access to inappropriate areas of the file system. The attacker attempts to either explore the file system for recon purposes or access directories and files that are intended to be restricted from their access. Exploring the file system can be achieved through constructing paths presented to directory listing programs, such as "ls" and 'dir', or through specially crafted programs that attempt to explore the file system. The attacker engaging in this type of activity is searching for information that can be used later in a more exploitive attack. Access to restricted directories or files can be achieved through modification of path references utilized by system applications.
- File System Function Injection, Content Based An attack of this type exploits the host's trust in executing remote content including binary files. The files are poisoned with a malicious payload (targeting the file systems accessible by the target software) by the attacker and may be passed through standard channels such as via email, and standard web content like PDF and multimedia files. The attacker exploits known vulnerabilities or handling routines in the target processes. Vulnerabilities of this type have been found in a wide variety of commercial applications from Microsoft Office to Adobe Acrobat and Apple Safari web browser. When the attacker knows the standard handling routines and can identify vulnerabilities and entry points they can be exploited by otherwise seemingly normal content. Once the attack is executed, the attackers' program can access relative directories such as C:\Program Files or other standard system directories to launch further attacks. In a worst case scenario, these programs are combined with other propagation logic and work as a virus.
- Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic This attack targets the encoding of the URL combined with the encoding of the slash characters. An attacker can take advantage of the multiple way of encoding an URL and abuse the interpretation of the URL. An URL may contain special character that need special syntax handling in order to be interpreted. Special characters are represented using a percentage character followed by two digits representing the octet code of the original character (%HEX-CODE). For instance US-ASCII space character would be represented with %20. This is often referred as escaped ending or percent-encoding. Since the server decodes the URL from the requests, it may restrict the access to some URL paths by validating and filtering out the URL requests it received. An attacker will try to craft an URL with a sequence of special characters which once interpreted by the server will be equivalent to a forbidden URL. It can be difficult to protect against this attack since the URL can contain other format of encoding such as UTF-8 encoding, Unicode-encoding, etc.
- Manipulating Input to File System Calls An attacker manipulates inputs to the target software which the target software passes to file system calls in the OS. The goal is to gain access to, and perhaps modify, areas of the file system that the target software did not intend to be accessible.
Nessus
NASL family Web Servers NASL id WEBSPHERE_8_0_0_5.NASL description IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 before Fix Pack 5 appears to be running on the remote host. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An unspecified error exists related to the Administrative Console that can allow an attacker to hijack sessions. (CVE-2012-3304, PM54356) - An unspecified directory traversal error exists that can allow remote attackers to overwrite files outside the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 64380 published 2013-01-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/64380 title IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 < Fix Pack 5 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(64380); script_version("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/06 14:03:16"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2012-3304", "CVE-2012-3305", "CVE-2012-3306", "CVE-2012-3311", "CVE-2012-3325", "CVE-2012-3330" ); script_bugtraq_id(55309, 55671, 55678, 56459); script_name(english:"IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 < Fix Pack 5 Multiple Vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Reads the version number from the SOAP port"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote application server may be affected by multiple vulnerabilities." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0 before Fix Pack 5 appears to be running on the remote host. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An unspecified error exists related to the Administrative Console that can allow an attacker to hijack sessions. (CVE-2012-3304, PM54356) - An unspecified directory traversal error exists that can allow remote attackers to overwrite files outside the application's deployment directory. (CVE-2012-3305, PM62467) - When multi-domain support is enabled, the application does not properly purge passwords from the authentication cache. (CVE-2012-3306, PM66514) - An error exists related to Federated Repositories for IIOP connections, Optimized Local Adapters and CBIND checking that can allow a local attacker to access or modify arbitrary files. Note this issue only affects the application when hosted on z/OS. (CVE-2012-3311, PM61388) - The fix contained in PM44303 contains an error that can allow an authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions and gain administrative access to the application. (CVE-2012-3325, PM71296) - A request validation error exists related to the proxy server component that could allow a remote attacker to cause the proxy status to be reported as disabled, thus denying applications access to the proxy. (CVE-2012-3330, PM71319)" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24033754"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27022958#8005"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615074"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply Fix Pack 5 for version 8.0 (8.0.0.5) or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/08/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/11/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/01/31"); 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) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_dependencies("websphere_detect.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 8880, 8881); script_require_keys("www/WebSphere"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("http.inc"); port = get_http_port(default:8880, embedded:0); version = get_kb_item_or_exit("www/WebSphere/"+port+"/version"); if (version =~ "^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?$") exit(1, "Failed to extract a granular version from the IBM WebSphere Application Server " + version + " 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] == 8 && ver[1] == 0 && ver[2] == 0 && ver[3] < 5) { if (report_verbosity > 0) { source = get_kb_item_or_exit("www/WebSphere/"+port+"/source"); report = '\n Version source : ' + source + '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : 8.0.0.5' + '\n'; security_warning(port:port, extra:report); } else security_warning(port); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_LISTEN_NOT_VULN, "WebSphere", port, version);
NASL family Web Servers NASL id WEBSPHERE_8_5_0_1.NASL description IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 before Fix Pack 1 appears to be running on the remote host and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An input validation error exists related to the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 62975 published 2012-11-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62975 title IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 < Fix Pack 1 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family Web Servers NASL id WEBSPHERE_7_0_0_25.NASL description IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 before Fix Pack 25 appears to be running on the remote host. As such, it is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Several errors exist related to SSL/TLS that can allow an attacker to carry out denial of service attacks against the application. (CVE-2012-2190, CVE-2012-2191, PM66218) - Unspecified cross-site scripting issues exist related to the administrative console. (CVE-2012-3293, PM60839) - An unspecified error in the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 62413 published 2012-10-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62413 title IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 < Fix Pack 25 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family Web Servers NASL id WEBSPHERE_6_1_0_45.NASL description IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1 before Fix Pack 45 appears to be running on the remote host. As such, it is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An error exists related to last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 62394 published 2012-10-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62394 title IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1 < Fix Pack 45 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family Web Servers NASL id WEBSPHERE_6_1_0_47.NASL description IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1 before Fix Pack 47 appears to be running on the remote host. As such, it is potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A remote attacker can bypass authentication because of improper user validation on Linux, Solaris, and HP-UX platforms that use a LocalOS registry. (CVE-2013-0543, PM75582) - A denial of service can be caused by the way Apache Ant uses bzip2 to compress files. This can be exploited by a local attacker passing specially crafted input. (CVE-2012-2098, PM90088) - A local attacker can cause a denial of service on Windows platforms with a LocalOS registry using WebSphere Identity Manager. (CVE-2013-0541, PM74909) - Remote attackers can traverse directories by deploying a specially crafted application file to overwrite files outside of the application deployment directory. (CVE-2012-3305, PM62467) - The TLS protocol implementation is susceptible to plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets. (CVE-2013-0169, PM85211) - Terminal escape sequences are not properly filtered from logs. Remote attackers could execute arbitrary commands via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence. (CVE-2013-1862, PM87808) - Improper validation of user input allows for cross-site request forgery. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2012-4853, CVE-2013-3029, PM62920, PM88746) - Improper validation of user input in the administrative console allows for multiple cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2013-0458, CVE-2013-0459, CVE-2013-0461, CVE-2013-0542, CVE-2013-0596, CVE-2013-2967, CVE-2013-4005, CVE-2013-4052, PM71139, PM72536, PM71389, PM73445, PM78614, PM81846, PM88208, PM91892) - Improper validation of portlets in the administrative console allows for cross-site request forgery, which could allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2013-0460, PM72275) - Remote, authenticated attackers can traverse directories on Linux and UNIX systems running the application. (CVE-2013-0544, PM82468) - A denial of service attack is possible if the optional mod_dav module is being used. (CVE-2013-1896, PM89996) - Sensitive information can be obtained by a local attacker because of incorrect caching by the administrative console. (CVE-2013-2976, PM79992) - An attacker may gain elevated privileges because of improper certificate checks. WS-Security and XML Digital Signatures must be enabled. (CVE-2013-4053, PM90949, PM91521) - Deserialization of a maliciously crafted OpenJPA object can result in an executable file being written to the file system. WebSphere is NOT vulnerable to this issue but the vendor suggests upgrading to be proactive. (CVE-2013-1768, PM86780, PM86786, PM86788, PM86791) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 70022 published 2013-09-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70022 title IBM WebSphere Application Server 6.1 < Fix Pack 47 Multiple Vulnerabilities