Privilege escalation in Sophos UTM - #VU10852
Published: March 5, 2018 / Updated: March 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10852
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Sophos
Affected software:
Sophos UTM
Sophos UTM
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can access the 'confd' service via the localhost interface to obtain a session token and then use the session token to submit a specially crafted request via the network to '/webadmin.plx' to set the root password.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can access the 'confd' service via the localhost interface to obtain a session token and then use the session token to submit a specially crafted request via the network to '/webadmin.plx' to set the root password.
Remediation
Update to version 9.508.