Advisory Details

June 18th, 2014

Symantec Web Gateway user.php SQL Injection and snmpConfig.php Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2013-5017
CVSS SCORE	7.9, AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Symantec
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Web Gateway
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Symantec Web Gateway. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaws exist within the user.php and snmpConfig.php files. SQL injection and command injection is possible through vulnerable request parameters. An attacker can leverage these vulnerabilities to read files and achieve remote code execution under the context of the root user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Symantec has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20140616_00
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2013-12-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-06-18 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Brandon Perry

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