Advisory Details

August 13th, 2013

Oracle Endeca Server attachDataStore SOAP Request Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2013-3764
CVSS SCORE	6.4, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Oracle
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Endeca Server
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['13129']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Oracle Endeca Server. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists in the handling of requests to the controlSoapBinding web service. This service exposes the attachDataStore method which contains a directory traversal flaw that allows attackers to create files at arbitrary locations with attacker controlled data. This can be leveraged by an attacker gain to remote code execution under the context of the current user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujuly2013-1899826.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2013-02-22 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2013-08-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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