Documentum Products 'dmclTrace.jsp' Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

BID:27632

Info

Documentum Products 'dmclTrace.jsp' Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27632
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0656
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 05 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit: Pablo Gaston Milano is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Documentum WebTop 5.3 .317
Documentum WebTop 5.2.5 SP2
Documentum WebTop 5.2.5
Documentum Documentum Administrator 5.3 .313
Documentum Documentum Administrator 5.2.5 SP2
Documentum Documentum Administrator 5.2.5
Documentum Documentum Administrator 4.2.8
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- IBM AIX 4.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- 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
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
Not Vulnerable: Documentum WebTop 5.3 SP4
Documentum Documentum Administrator 5.3 SP4

Discussion

Documentum Products 'dmclTrace.jsp' Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Multiple Documentum products are prone to a vulnerability that could permit an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files because the software fails to verify user-supplied input.

A remote attacker can exploit this issue to overwrite arbitrary files on the victim's computer. This can allow the attacker to upload and execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the user running the affected application.

This issue affects the following:

Documentum Administrator 5.3.0.313
Documentum Webtop 5.3.0.317

Other Documentum applications and versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Documentum Products 'dmclTrace.jsp' Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Attackers may exploit this issue through a browser.

Solution / Fix

Documentum Products 'dmclTrace.jsp' Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released Documentum Administrator 5.3 SP4 and Documentum WebTop 5.3 SP4 to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

Documentum Products 'dmclTrace.jsp' Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

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