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TITLE:
Proficy Real-Time Information Portal Directory Traversal
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA48416

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48416/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=48416

RELEASE DATE:
2012-03-14

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/48416/#comments

AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA:
 * Last Update
 * Popularity
 * Comments
 * Criticality Level
 * Impact
 * Where
 * Solution Status
 * Operating System / Software
 * CVE Reference(s)

http://secunia.com/advisories/48416/

ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA:
 * Authentication Level
 * Report Reliability
 * Secunia PoC
 * Secunia Analysis
 * Systems Affected
 * Approve Distribution
 * Remediation Status
 * Secunia CVSS Score
 * CVSS

https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=48416

ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI:
 * AUTOMATED SCANNING

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Proficy Real-Time Information
Portal, which can be exploited by malicious people to manipulate
certain data.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the
Remote Interface service (rifsrvd.exe) when creating a configuration
file. This can be exploited to create an arbitrary file with
partially controlled content via specially crafted data sent to TCP
port 5159.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 3.5, 3.0 SP1, 3.0, and 2.6.

SOLUTION:
Apply updates (please see the vendor's advisory for details).

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Luigi Auriemma via ZDI.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GE:
http://support.ge-ip.com/support/resources/sites/GE_FANUC_SUPPORT/content/live/KB/14000/KB14768/en_US/GEIP12-03%20Security%20Advisory%20-%20Proficy%20Portal%20Remote%20Interface%20Service.pdf

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

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