Advisory Details

August 26th, 2014

Novell Groupwise Administration Server FileUploadServlet poLibMaintenanceFileSave Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-0600
CVSS SCORE	7.8, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Novell
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Groupwise
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Novell Groupwise. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists in the handling of the poLibMaintenanceFileSave parameter within the FileUploadServlet. By abusing this flaw an attacker can disclose and destroy arbitrary files on the server and possibly leverage this information to achieve remote code execution in a subsequent attack.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015566
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-04-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-08-26 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi (rgod)

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