Title: Thomson Reuters FATCA - Arbitrary File Upload
Author: Jakub Pałaczyński
Date: 10. June 2015
CVE: CVE-2015-5951

Affected software:

All versions of Thomson Reuters FATCA below v5.2

Exploit was tested on:

Thomson Reuters FATCA v5.1.0.30

Description:

The Thomson Reuters for FATCA solution enables organizations to comply with the key requirements of both CRS and FATCA.[1]

Vulnerabilities:

Arbitrary File Upload:

FATCA users are able to upload any type of file (including PHP scripts) on the server.
To successfully exploit this vulnerability it is possible for example to use Directory Traversal in "specid" parameter to upload PHP file to web root of the application and finally execute system commands.

References:

[1] Overview:
https://risk.thomsonreuters.com/products/thomson-reuters-fatca

Contact:

Jakub[dot]Palaczynski[at]ingservicespolska[dot]pl