A command injection vulnerability was found in Websense Appliance Manager that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the appliance. This issue can be combined with other vulnerabilities, like cross site scripting, to perform a remote unauthenticated attacks to compromise the appliance.
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Command injection vulnerability in network diagnostics tool of Websense
Appliance Manager
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Han Sahin, September 2014
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Abstract
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A command injection vulnerability was found in Websense Appliance
Manager that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the
appliance. This issue can be combined with other vulnerabilities, like
Cross-Site Scripting, to perform a remote unauthenticated attacks to
compromise the appliance.
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Tested versions
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This issue was discovered on Websense Triton v7.8.3 and Websense
appliance modules V-Series v7.7. Other versions may be affected as well.
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Fix
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Websense released hotfix 02 for Websense Triton v7.8.4 in which this
issue is fixed. More information about this hotfix can be found at the
following location:
http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/v7-8-4-About-Hotfix-02-for-Web-Security-Solutions
This issue is resolved in TRITON APX Version 8.0. More information about
the fixed can be found at the following location:
http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/Vulnerabilities-resolved-in-TRITON-APX-Version-8-0
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Details
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https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20140906/command_injection_vulnerability_in_network_diagnostics_tool_of_websense_appliance_manager.html
The following proof of concept will return the contents of /etc/shadow on affected appliances:
https://host:9447/appmng/servlet/CommandLineServlet?type=exec&uuid=asdfasdf&module=na1&command=ping&Destination=127.0.0.1'|cat%20/etc/shadow'