Executive Summary



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Summary
Title Avanset Visual CertExam Manager 3.3 SQL injection vulnerability
Informations
Name VU#869702 First vendor Publication 2014-01-23
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2014-01-23
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 8 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#869702

Avanset Visual CertExam Manager 3.3 SQL injection vulnerability

Original Release date: 23 Jan 2014 | Last revised: 23 Jan 2014

Overview

Avanset Visual CertExam Manager version 3.3 and below contain a SQL injection vulnerability.

Description

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Avanset Visual CertExam Manager version 3.3 and below contain a SQL injection vulnerability due to the application failing to validate user input variables. It has been reported that the fields "Title", "File name", and "Candidate Name" are all vulnerable to SQL injection.

Impact

An authenticated attacker can read or modify data in the application database.

Solution

We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

Restrict Access

Enable firewall rules to restrict access to the Avanset Visual CertExam Manager from external untrusted sources.

Vendor Information (Learn More)

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
AvansetAffected-09 Jan 2014
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CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

GroupScoreVector
Base4.9AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:--
Temporal3.7E:U/RL:U/RC:UC
Environmental1.1CDP:L/TD:L/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

  • http://www.avanset.com/products/visual-certexam-suite.html
  • http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html

Credit

Thanks to security researcher Mr. Aung Khant (aungkhant0911@gmail.com) for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Michael Orlando.

Other Information

  • CVE IDs:CVE-2013-7175
  • Date Public:17 Jan 2014
  • Date First Published:23 Jan 2014
  • Date Last Updated:23 Jan 2014
  • Document Revision:11

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Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/869702

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-89 Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 18

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Date Informations
2014-01-24 21:25:00
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2014-01-24 13:23:40
  • Multiple Updates
2014-01-23 13:18:15
  • First insertion