Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-0487 - Improper Authentication vulnerability in IBM Lotus Domino

047910
CVSS 8.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
ibm
CWE-287
nessus

Summary

The Java Console in IBM Domino 8.5.x allows remote authenticated users to hijack temporary credentials by leveraging knowledge of configuration details, aka SPR KLYH8TNNDN.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Authentication Abuse
    An attacker obtains unauthorized access to an application, service or device either through knowledge of the inherent weaknesses of an authentication mechanism, or by exploiting a flaw in the authentication scheme's implementation. In such an attack an authentication mechanism is functioning but a carefully controlled sequence of events causes the mechanism to grant access to the attacker. This attack may exploit assumptions made by the target's authentication procedures, such as assumptions regarding trust relationships or assumptions regarding the generation of secret values. This attack differs from Authentication Bypass attacks in that Authentication Abuse allows the attacker to be certified as a valid user through illegitimate means, while Authentication Bypass allows the user to access protected material without ever being certified as an authenticated user. This attack does not rely on prior sessions established by successfully authenticating users, as relied upon for the "Exploitation of Session Variables, Resource IDs and other Trusted Credentials" attack patterns.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Register Man in the Middle
    This attack utilizes a REST(REpresentational State Transfer)-style applications' trust in the system resources and environment to place man in the middle once SSL is terminated. Rest applications premise is that they leverage existing infrastructure to deliver web services functionality. An example of this is a Rest application that uses HTTP Get methods and receives a HTTP response with an XML document. These Rest style web services are deployed on existing infrastructure such as Apache and IIS web servers with no SOAP stack required. Unfortunately from a security standpoint, there frequently is no interoperable identity security mechanism deployed, so Rest developers often fall back to SSL to deliver security. In large data centers, SSL is typically terminated at the edge of the network - at the firewall, load balancer, or router. Once the SSL is terminated the HTTP request is in the clear (unless developers have hashed or encrypted the values, but this is rare). The attacker can utilize a sniffer such as Wireshark to snapshot the credentials, such as username and password that are passed in the clear once SSL is terminated. Once the attacker gathers these credentials, they can submit requests to the web service provider just as authorized user do. There is not typically an authentication on the client side, beyond what is passed in the request itself so once this is compromised, then this is generally sufficient to compromise the service's authentication scheme.
  • Man in the Middle Attack
    This type of attack targets the communication between two components (typically client and server). The attacker places himself in the communication channel between the two components. Whenever one component attempts to communicate with the other (data flow, authentication challenges, etc.), the data first goes to the attacker, who has the opportunity to observe or alter it, and it is then passed on to the other component as if it was never intercepted. This interposition is transparent leaving the two compromised components unaware of the potential corruption or leakage of their communications. The potential for Man-in-the-Middle attacks yields an implicit lack of trust in communication or identify between two components.

Nessus

NASL familyWeb Servers
NASL idDOMINO_8_5_3FP4.NASL
descriptionAccording to its banner, the version of Lotus Domino on the remote host is 8.5.x earlier than 8.5.3 FP4. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An error exists related to the
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id67192
published2013-07-05
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67192
titleIBM Lotus Domino 8.5.x < 8.5.3 FP 4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(67192);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-6277", "CVE-2013-0486", "CVE-2013-0487");
  script_bugtraq_id(56610, 58646, 58652);
  script_xref(name:"CERT", value:"849841");

  script_name(english:"IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.x < 8.5.3 FP 4 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks version of Lotus Domino");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its banner, the version of Lotus Domino on the remote host
is 8.5.x earlier than 8.5.3 FP4.  It is, therefore, affected by the
following vulnerabilities :

  - An error exists related to the 'Autonomy KeyView' file
    parser that could allow arbitrary code execution.
    (CVE-2012-6277)

  - A memory leak error exists that could allow an attacker
    to crash the application. (CVE-2013-0486)

  - An error exists related to time-limited authentication
    credentials and the Java console that could allow an
    authenticated user to elevate privileges.
    (CVE-2013-0487)");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27010592#ver853");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21627597");
  # https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/PSIRT/entry/security_bulletin_security_vulnerabilities_addressed_in_ibm_domino_ibm_domino_designer_9_0_cve_2013_0487_cve_2012_2161_cve_2012_2159_cve_2013_0486_cve_2012_6277_cve_2013_0488_cve_2013_04894?lang=en_us
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a70209a1");
  # http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/fixlist.nsf/5c087391999d06e7852569280062619d/1ae049e892ad2e4a85257b65006e0455?OpenDocument
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?31a92d24");
  # http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/fixlist.nsf/5c087391999d06e7852569280062619d/0ed99b8fd6da4f5b85257b6600003fb6?OpenDocument
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c1992751");
  # http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/fixlist.nsf/5c087391999d06e7852569280062619d/230a515eac105bc285257b58000057ed?OpenDocument
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c5330b7e");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Lotus Domino 8.5.3 FP4 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2013-0487");

  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:"2012/05/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/04/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/07/05");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:ibm:lotus_domino");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Web Servers");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("domino_installed.nasl", "http_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Domino/Version");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");


# Unless we're being paranoid, make sure a Domino web server is listening.
if (report_paranoia < 2)
{
  port = get_http_port(default:80);
  banner = get_http_banner(port:port);
  if (!banner) audit(AUDIT_NO_BANNER, port);
  if ("Domino" >!< banner) audit(AUDIT_NOT_LISTEN, "IBM Lotus Domino", port);
}
else port = 0;

# Check the version of Domino installed.
ver = get_kb_item_or_exit("Domino/Version");

# Check that version is granular enough
if (ver == "8") exit(1, "The version "+ver+" on port "+port+" is not granular enough to make a determination.");

# Check that version is 8.5.x
if (ver !~ "^8\.5($|[^0-9])") audit(AUDIT_NOT_LISTEN, "IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.x", port);

# Affected 8.5.x < 8.5.3 FP4
if (
  ver == "8.5"                    ||
  ver =~ "^8\.5 FP[0-9]"          ||
  ver =~ "^8\.5\.[0-2]($|[^0-9])" ||
  ver == "8.5.3"                  ||
  ver =~ "^8\.5\.3 FP[0-3]($|[^0-0])"
)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    report =
      '\n' +
      '\n  Installed version : ' + ver +
      '\n  Fixed version     : 8.5.3 FP4' +
      '\n';
    security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
  }
  else security_hole(port);
}
else audit(AUDIT_LISTEN_NOT_VULN, "IBM Lotus Domino", port, ver);