SB2017102601 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Sophos UTM
Published: October 26, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017102601
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to insecure directory permissions. A local attacker with 'loginuser' privileges can set the root password and gain elevated privileges.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker with access to the 'Logging & Reporting' function can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.