ZDI-11-037: Symantec IM Manager Administrative Interface IMAdminSchedTask.asp Eval Code Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-11-037: Symantec IM Manager Administrative Interface IMAdminSchedTask.asp Eval Code Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-037

January 31, 2011

– CVE ID:
CVE-2010-3719

– CVSS:
8.5, (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

– Affected Vendors:
Symantec

– Affected Products:
Symantec IM Manager

– TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 10776.
For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS, visit:

http://www.tippingpoint.com

– Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Symantec IM Manager. Authentication is
required to exploit this vulnerability in that a logged in user must be
coerced into visiting a malicious link.

The specific flaw exists within the ScheduleTask method exposed by the
IMAdminSchedTask.asp page hosted on the web interface. This function
does not properly sanitize user input from a POST variable before
passing it to an eval call. An attacker can abuse this to inject and
execute arbitrary ASP under the context of the user visiting the
malicious link.

– Vendor Response:
Symantec has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:

http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2011&suid=20110131_00

– Disclosure Timeline:
2010-10-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2011-01-31 - Coordinated public release of advisory

– Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
* Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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