*CVE-2014-8489 Ping Identity Corporation "PingFederate 6.10.1 SP Endpoints"
Dest Redirect Privilege Escalation Security Vulnerability*





Exploit Title: "Ping Identity Corporation" "PingFederate 6.10.1 SP
Endpoints" Dest Redirect Privilege Escalation Security Vulnerability
Product: PingFederate 6.10.1 SP Endpoints
Vendor: Ping Identity Corporation
Vulnerable Versions: 6.10.1
Tested Version: 6.10.1
Advisory Publication: Dec 09, 2014
Latest Update: Dec 09, 2014
Vulnerability Type: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site  [CWE-601]
CVE Reference: CVE-2014-8489
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.8 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
Credit: Wang Jing [SPMS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore]








*Advisory Details*



*(1) Product:*
"PingFederate is a best-of-breed Internet-identity security platform that
implements multiple standards-based protocols to provide cross-domain
single sign-on (SSO) and user-attribute exchange, as well as support for
identity-enabled Web Services and cross-domain user provisioning."




*(2) Vulnerability Details:*
PingFederate 6.10.1 SP Endpoints is vulnerable to Dest Redirect Privilege
Escalation attacks.

The security vulnerability occurs at "/startSSO.ping?" page with
"&TargetResource" parameter.







*References:*
http://tetraph.com/security/cves/cve-2014-8489-ping-identity-corporation-pingfederate-6-10-1-sp-endpoints-dest-redirect-privilege-escalation-security-vulnerability/
http://documentation.pingidentity.com/display/PF610/PingFederate+6.10
http://cwe.mitre.org
http://cve.mitre.org/