Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-4989 - Improper Authentication vulnerability in EMC Avamar Server

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
emc
CWE-287
nessus

Summary

In EMC Avamar Server Software 7.3.1-125, 7.3.0-233, 7.3.0-226, 7.2.1-32, 7.2.1-31, 7.2.0-401, an unauthenticated remote attacker may potentially bypass the authentication process to gain access to the system maintenance page. This may be exploited by an attacker to view sensitive information, perform software updates, or run maintenance workflows.

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 familyMisc.
NASL idEMC_AVAMAR_ESA-2017-054.NASL
descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the EMC Avamar Data Store (ADS) or Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) software running on the remote host is 7.2.x prior to 7.2.1 Hotfix 277897 (7.2.1.32), 7.3.x prior to 7.3.1 Hotfix 276676 (7.3.1.125), or 7.4.x prior to 7.4.1 Hotfix 279294 (7.4.1.58). It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An authentication bypass vulnerability exists that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to the system maintenance page. Note that this vulnerability does not affect the 7.4.x version branch. (CVE-2017-4989) - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the file upload feature of the system maintenance page due to improper validation of file types and extensions of uploaded files before being placed in a user-accessible path. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to upload a specially crafted file and then request it in order to execute arbitrary code. Note that this vulnerability does not affect the 7.2.x version branch. (CVE-2017-4990)
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id101110
published2017-06-29
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/101110
titleEMC Avamar ADS / AVE 7.2.x < 7.2.1 Hotfix 277897 / 7.3.x < 7.3.1 Hotfix 276676 / 7.4.x < 7.4.1 Hotfix 279294 Multiple Vulnerabilities (ESA-2017-054)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(101110);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-4989", "CVE-2017-4990");
  script_bugtraq_id(99243);
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2017-B-0076");

  script_name(english:"EMC Avamar ADS / AVE 7.2.x < 7.2.1 Hotfix 277897 / 7.3.x < 7.3.1 Hotfix 276676 / 7.4.x < 7.4.1 Hotfix 279294 Multiple Vulnerabilities (ESA-2017-054)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of EMC Avamar.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A backup solution running on the remote host is affected by multiple
vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the EMC Avamar Data
Store (ADS) or Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) software running on the
remote host is 7.2.x prior to 7.2.1 Hotfix 277897 (7.2.1.32), 7.3.x
prior to 7.3.1 Hotfix 276676 (7.3.1.125), or 7.4.x prior to 7.4.1
Hotfix 279294 (7.4.1.58). It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities :

  - An authentication bypass vulnerability exists that
    allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass
    authentication and gain access to the system maintenance
    page. Note that this vulnerability does not affect the
    7.4.x version branch. (CVE-2017-4989)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the file
    upload feature of the system maintenance page due to
    improper validation of file types and extensions of
    uploaded files before being placed in a user-accessible
    path. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit
    this to upload a specially crafted file and then request
    it in order to execute arbitrary code. Note that this
    vulnerability does not affect the 7.2.x version branch.
    (CVE-2017-4990)");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Jun/att-40/ESA-2017-054.txt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to EMC Avamar ADS / AVE version 7.2.1 Hotfix 277897 (7.2.1.32)
/ 7.3.1 Hotfix 276676 (7.3.1.125) / 7.4.1 Hotfix 279294 (7.4.1.58) 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_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-4990");

  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:"2017/06/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/06/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/06/29");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:emc:avamar");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:emc:avamar_data_store");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:emc:avamar_server_virtual_edition");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("emc_avamar_server_detect.nbin", "emc_avamar_server_installed_nix.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/EMC Avamar");

  exit(0);
}

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

app = "EMC Avamar";
get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE);

install = make_array();
port = 0;

if (get_kb_item("installed_sw/EMC Avamar/local"))
{
  install = get_single_install(app_name:app, exit_if_unknown_ver:TRUE);
}
else
{
  port = get_http_port(default:443);
  install = get_single_install(app_name:app, port:port, exit_if_unknown_ver:TRUE);
}

version    = install['version'];
version_ui = install['display_version'];
hotfixes   = install['Hotfixes'];

note = NULL;

if (version =~ "^7\.2\.[01]($|[^0-9])")
{
  fix_ver = '7.2.1.32';
  fix_hf  = '277897';
}
else if (version =~ "^7\.3\.[01]($|[^0-9])")
{
  fix_ver = '7.3.1.125';
  fix_hf  = '276676';
}
else if (version =~ "^7\.4\.[01]($|[^0-9])")
{
  fix_ver = '7.4.1.58';
  fix_hf  = '279294';
}
else
  audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, app, version_ui);

if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix_ver, strict:FALSE) > 0)
  audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, app, version_ui);

if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix_ver, strict:FALSE) == 0)
{
  # Remote detection cannot detect hotfix; only flag host if paranoid reporting is enabled
  if (port != 0)
  {
    if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
    else
      note = "Note that Nessus was unable to remotely detect the hotfix.";
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(hotfixes))
  {
    hotfixes = split(hotfixes, sep:";", keep:FALSE);
    foreach hotfix (hotfixes)
    {
      if (fix_hf == hotfix)
        audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, app, version_ui + " HF" + hotfix);
    }
  }
}

report =
  '\n  Installed version : ' + version_ui +
  '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fix_ver + " HF" + fix_hf +
  '\n';

if (!isnull(note))
  report += note + '\n';

security_report_v4(extra:report, port:port, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);