Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-5412 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in HP Version Control Repository Manager

047910
CVSS 6.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
hp
CWE-352
nessus

Summary

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) before 7.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via unknown vectors.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking)
    An attacker targets a system that uses JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) as a transport mechanism between the client and the server (common in Web 2.0 systems using AJAX) to steal possibly confidential information transmitted from the server back to the client inside the JSON object by taking advantage of the loophole in the browser's Same Origin Policy that does not prohibit JavaScript from one website to be included and executed in the context of another website. An attacker gets the victim to visit his or her malicious page that contains a script tag whose source points to the vulnerable system with a URL that requests a response from the server containing a JSON object with possibly confidential information. The malicious page also contains malicious code to capture the JSON object returned by the server before any other processing on it can take place, typically by overriding the JavaScript function used to create new objects. This hook allows the malicious code to get access to the creation of each object and transmit the possibly sensitive contents of the captured JSON object to the attackers' server. There is nothing in the browser's security model to prevent the attackers' malicious JavaScript code (originating from attacker's domain) to set up an environment (as described above) to intercept a JSON object response (coming from the vulnerable target system's domain), read its contents and transmit to the attackers' controlled site. The same origin policy protects the domain object model (DOM), but not the JSON.
  • Cross-Domain Search Timing
    An attacker initiates cross domain HTTP / GET requests and times the server responses. The timing of these responses may leak important information on what is happening on the server. Browser's same origin policy prevents the attacker from directly reading the server responses (in the absence of any other weaknesses), but does not prevent the attacker from timing the responses to requests that the attacker issued cross domain. For GET requests an attacker could for instance leverage the "img" tag in conjunction with "onload() / onerror()" javascript events. For the POST requests, an attacker could leverage the "iframe" element and leverage the "onload()" event. There is nothing in the current browser security model that prevents an attacker to use these methods to time responses to the attackers' cross domain requests. The timing for these responses leaks information. For instance, if a victim has an active session with their online e-mail account, an attacker could issue search requests in the victim's mailbox. While the attacker is not able to view the responses, based on the timings of the responses, the attacker could ask yes / no questions as to the content of victim's e-mails, who the victim e-mailed, when, etc. This is but one example; There are other scenarios where an attacker could infer potentially sensitive information from cross domain requests by timing the responses while asking the right questions that leak information.
  • Cross Site Identification
    An attacker harvests identifying information about a victim via an active session that the victim's browser has with a social networking site. A victim may have the social networking site open in one tab or perhaps is simply using the "remember me" feature to keep his or her session with the social networking site active. An attacker induces a payload to execute in the victim's browser that transparently to the victim initiates a request to the social networking site (e.g., via available social network site APIs) to retrieve identifying information about a victim. While some of this information may be public, the attacker is able to harvest this information in context and may use it for further attacks on the user (e.g., spear phishing). In one example of an attack, an attacker may post a malicious posting that contains an image with an embedded link. The link actually requests identifying information from the social networking site. A victim who views the malicious posting in his or her browser will have sent identifying information to the attacker, as long as the victim had an active session with the social networking site. There are many other ways in which the attacker may get the payload to execute in the victim's browser mainly by finding a way to hide it in some reputable site that the victim visits. The attacker could also send the link to the victim in an e-mail and trick the victim into clicking on the link. This attack is basically a cross site request forgery attack with two main differences. First, there is no action that is performed on behalf of the user aside from harvesting information. So standard CSRF protection may not work in this situation. Second, what is important in this attack pattern is the nature of the data being harvested, which is identifying information that can be obtained and used in context. This real time harvesting of identifying information can be used as a prelude for launching real time targeted social engineering attacks on the victim.
  • Cross Site Request Forgery (aka Session Riding)
    An attacker crafts malicious web links and distributes them (via web pages, email, etc.), typically in a targeted manner, hoping to induce users to click on the link and execute the malicious action against some third-party application. If successful, the action embedded in the malicious link will be processed and accepted by the targeted application with the users' privilege level. This type of attack leverages the persistence and implicit trust placed in user session cookies by many web applications today. In such an architecture, once the user authenticates to an application and a session cookie is created on the user's system, all following transactions for that session are authenticated using that cookie including potential actions initiated by an attacker and simply "riding" the existing session cookie.

Nessus

  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idHP_VERSION_CONTROL_REPO_MANAGER_7_5_0_0.NASL
    descriptionThe version of HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 7.5.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists when the SSLv3 option isn
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id85802
    published2015-09-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/85802
    titleHP Version Control Repository Manager < 7.5.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBMU03396) (FREAK)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(85802);
      script_version("1.8");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:27");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2014-3569",
        "CVE-2014-3570",
        "CVE-2014-3571",
        "CVE-2014-3572",
        "CVE-2014-8275",
        "CVE-2015-0204",
        "CVE-2015-0205",
        "CVE-2015-0206",
        "CVE-2015-5409",
        "CVE-2015-5410",
        "CVE-2015-5411",
        "CVE-2015-5412",
        "CVE-2015-5413"
      );
      script_bugtraq_id(
        71941,
        71942,
        71936,
        71939,
        71940,
        71934,
        71935,
        71937
      );
      script_xref(name:"CERT", value:"243585");
      script_xref(name:"HP", value:"emr_na-c04765115");
      script_xref(name:"HP", value:"HPSBMU03396");
    
      script_name(english:"HP Version Control Repository Manager < 7.5.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBMU03396) (FREAK)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the version of HP VCRM.");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The remote Windows host has an application installed that is affected
    by multiple vulnerabilities.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "The version of HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) installed
    on the remote Windows host is prior to 7.5.0. It is, therefore,
    affected by multiple vulnerabilities :
    
      - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists when the SSLv3
        option isn't enabled and an SSLv3 ClientHello is
        received. This allows a remote attacker, using an
        unexpected handshake, to crash the daemon, resulting in
        a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3569)
    
      - The BIGNUM squaring (BN_sqr) implementation does not
        properly calculate the square of a BIGNUM value. This
        allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic
        protection mechanisms. (CVE-2014-3570)
    
      - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the
        dtls1_get_record() function when handling DTLS messages.
        A remote attacker, using a specially crafted DTLS
        message, can cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3571)
    
      - A flaw exists with ECDH handshakes when using an ECDSA
        certificate without a ServerKeyExchange message. This
        allows a remote attacker to trigger a loss of forward
        secrecy from the ciphersuite. (CVE-2014-3572)
    
      - A flaw exists when accepting non-DER variations of
        certificate signature algorithms and signature encodings
        due to a lack of enforcement of matches between signed
        and unsigned portions. A remote attacker, by including
        crafted data within a certificate's unsigned portion,
        can bypass fingerprint-based certificate-blacklist
        protection mechanisms. (CVE-2014-8275)
    
      - A security feature bypass vulnerability, known as FREAK
        (Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys), exists due to the
        support of weak EXPORT_RSA cipher suites with keys less
        than or equal to 512 bits. A man-in-the-middle attacker
        may be able to downgrade the SSL/TLS connection to use
        EXPORT_RSA cipher suites which can be factored in a
        short amount of time, allowing the attacker to intercept
        and decrypt the traffic. (CVE-2015-0204)
    
      - A flaw exists when accepting DH certificates for client
        authentication without the CertificateVerify message.
        This allows a remote attacker to authenticate to the
        service without a private key. (CVE-2015-0205)
    
      - A memory leak occurs in dtls1_buffer_record() when
        handling a saturation of DTLS records containing the
        same number sequence but for the next epoch. This allows
        a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
        (CVE-2015-0206)
    
      - An unspecified buffer overflow condition exists in VCRM
        due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A
        remote, authenticated attacker can exploit this to cause
        a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
        (CVE-2015-5409)
    
      - An unspecified flaw exists in VCRM that allows a remote,
        authenticated attacker to modify values without proper
        authorization, gain unspecified access, cause a denial of
        service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5410)
    
      - An unspecified flaw exists in VCRM that allows a remote,
        authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive
        information. (CVE-2015-5411, CVE-2015-5413)
    
      - A flaw exists in VCRM when handling certain sensitive
        actions due to HTTP requests not requiring multiple
        steps, explicit confirmation, or a unique token. A
        remote, authenticated attacker can exploit this to
        conduct a cross-site request forgery attack via a
        specially crafted link. (CVE-2015-5412)");
      # https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04765115
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1b9cb578");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20150108.txt");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.smacktls.com/#freak");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Upgrade to HP Version Control Repository Manager 7.5.0 or later.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C");
      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:"2014/10/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/08/24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/09/04");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:hp:version_control_repository_manager");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"Windows");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
    
      script_dependencies("hp_version_control_repo_manager_installed.nbin");
      script_require_keys("installed_sw/HP Version Control Repository Manager");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    include("install_func.inc");
    
    appname = "HP Version Control Repository Manager";
    install = get_single_install(app_name:appname, exit_if_unknown_ver:TRUE);
    version = install['version'];
    path = install['path'];
    
    if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:'7.5.0.0', strict:FALSE) < 0)
    {
      port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport");
      if (!port) port = 445;
    
      if (report_verbosity > 0)
      {
        report =
          '\n  Path              : ' + path +
          '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
          '\n  Fixed version     : 7.5.0.0' +
          '\n';
        security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
      }
      else security_hole(port);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_INST_PATH_NOT_VULN, appname, version, path);
    
  • NASL familyMisc.
    NASL idHP_VERSION_CONTROL_REPO_MANAGER_7_5_0_NIX.NASL
    descriptionThe version of HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) installed on the remote Linux host is prior to 7.5.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists when the SSLv3 option isn
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id85803
    published2015-09-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/85803
    titleHP Version Control Repository Manager for Linux < 7.5.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBMU03396) (FREAK)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(85803);
      script_version("1.8");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:23");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2014-3569",
        "CVE-2014-3570",
        "CVE-2014-3571",
        "CVE-2014-3572",
        "CVE-2014-8275",
        "CVE-2015-0204",
        "CVE-2015-0205",
        "CVE-2015-0206",
        "CVE-2015-5409",
        "CVE-2015-5410",
        "CVE-2015-5411",
        "CVE-2015-5412",
        "CVE-2015-5413"
      );
      script_bugtraq_id(
        71941,
        71942,
        71936,
        71939,
        71940,
        71934,
        71935,
        71937
      );
      script_xref(name:"CERT", value:"243585");
      script_xref(name:"HP", value:"emr_na-c04765115");
      script_xref(name:"HP", value:"HPSBMU03396");
    
      script_name(english:"HP Version Control Repository Manager for Linux < 7.5.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBMU03396) (FREAK)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the version of HP VCRM.");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The remote Linux host has an application installed that is affected
    by multiple vulnerabilities.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "The version of HP Version Control Repository Manager (VCRM) installed
    on the remote Linux host is prior to 7.5.0. It is, therefore, affected
    by multiple vulnerabilities :
    
      - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists when the SSLv3
        option isn't enabled and an SSLv3 ClientHello is
        received. This allows a remote attacker, using an
        unexpected handshake, to crash the daemon, resulting in
        a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3569)
    
      - The BIGNUM squaring (BN_sqr) implementation does not
        properly calculate the square of a BIGNUM value. This
        allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic
        protection mechanisms. (CVE-2014-3570)
    
      - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the
        dtls1_get_record() function when handling DTLS messages.
        A remote attacker, using a specially crafted DTLS
        message, can cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3571)
    
      - A flaw exists with ECDH handshakes when using an ECDSA
        certificate without a ServerKeyExchange message. This
        allows a remote attacker to trigger a loss of forward
        secrecy from the ciphersuite. (CVE-2014-3572)
    
      - A flaw exists when accepting non-DER variations of
        certificate signature algorithms and signature encodings
        due to a lack of enforcement of matches between signed
        and unsigned portions. A remote attacker, by including
        crafted data within a certificate's unsigned portion,
        can bypass fingerprint-based certificate-blacklist
        protection mechanisms. (CVE-2014-8275)
    
      - A security feature bypass vulnerability, known as FREAK
        (Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys), exists due to the
        support of weak EXPORT_RSA cipher suites with keys less
        than or equal to 512 bits. A man-in-the-middle attacker
        may be able to downgrade the SSL/TLS connection to use
        EXPORT_RSA cipher suites which can be factored in a
        short amount of time, allowing the attacker to intercept
        and decrypt the traffic. (CVE-2015-0204)
    
      - A flaw exists when accepting DH certificates for client
        authentication without the CertificateVerify message.
        This allows a remote attacker to authenticate to the
        service without a private key. (CVE-2015-0205)
    
      - A memory leak occurs in dtls1_buffer_record() when
        handling a saturation of DTLS records containing the
        same number sequence but for the next epoch. This allows
        a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
        (CVE-2015-0206)
    
      - An unspecified buffer overflow condition exists in VCRM
        due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A
        remote, authenticated attacker can exploit this to cause
        a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
        (CVE-2015-5409)
    
      - An unspecified flaw exists in VCRM that allows a remote,
        authenticated attacker to modify values without proper
        authorization, gain unspecified access, cause a denial of
        service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-5410)
    
      - An unspecified flaw exists in VCRM that allows a remote,
        authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive
        information. (CVE-2015-5411, CVE-2015-5413)
    
      - A flaw exists in VCRM when handling certain sensitive
        actions due to HTTP requests not requiring multiple
        steps, explicit confirmation, or a unique token. A
        remote, authenticated attacker can exploit this to
        conduct a cross-site request forgery attack via a
        specially crafted link. (CVE-2015-5412)");
      # https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c04765115
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1b9cb578");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20150108.txt");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.smacktls.com/#freak");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Upgrade to HP Version Control Repository Manager for Linux 7.5.0 or
    later.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C");
      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:"2014/10/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/08/24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/09/04");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:hp:version_control_repository_manager");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"Misc.");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
    
      script_dependencies("hp_version_control_repo_manager_installed_nix.nasl");
      script_require_keys("installed_sw/HP Version Control Repository Manager for Linux");
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    include("install_func.inc");
    
    app_name = "HP Version Control Repository Manager for Linux";
    install  = get_single_install(app_name:app_name, exit_if_unknown_ver:TRUE);
    ver      = install["version"];
    path     = install["path"   ];
    port     = 0;
    
    if (ver_compare(ver:ver, fix:"7.5.0", strict:FALSE) >= 0) audit(AUDIT_INST_PATH_NOT_VULN, app_name, ver, path);
    
    if (report_verbosity > 0)
    {
      report =
        '\n  Path              : ' + path +
        '\n  Installed version : ' + ver +
        '\n  Fixed version     : 7.5.0' +
        '\n';
      security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
    }
    else security_hole(port);