RETIRED: IBM OmniFind Multiple Vulnerabilities

BID:44740

Info

RETIRED: IBM OmniFind Multiple Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 44740
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 09 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 18 2010 06:16PM
Credit: Fatih Kilic
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

RETIRED: IBM OmniFind Multiple Vulnerabilities

IBM OmniFind is prone to the following vulnerabilities:

1. Cross-site scripting

2. Cross-site request forgery

3. Session fixation

4. Session impersonation

5. Remote buffer overflow

6. Privilege escalation

7. Security bypass

8. Information disclosure

9. Denial of service

An attacker may exploit these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the application, steal administrator authentication credentials, execute arbitrary code with root privileges, escalate privileges, bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions, disclose sensitive information, or perform denial-of-service attacks.

IBM OmniFind versions 8.5 and 9.0 are affected; other versions may also be vulnerable.

This BID is being retired. The following individual records exist to better document the issues:

44937 IBM OmniFind Domain Root Path Cookie Security Bypass Vulnerability
44939 IBM OmniFind 'password' Field Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
44940 IBM OmniFind 'command' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
44941 IBM OmniFind Crawler Component Denial of Service Vulnerability
44942 IBM OmniFind Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability
44943 IBM OmniFind Session-Fixation Vulnerability
44944 IBM OmniFind 'esRunCommand' and 'estaskwrapper' Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
44945 IBM OmniFind 'ESAdmin/security.do' Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
44946 IBM OmniFind Session-Impersonation Weakness
44948 IBM OmniFind 'ESSearchApplication' Security Bypass Vulnerability

Exploit / POC

RETIRED: IBM OmniFind Multiple Vulnerabilities

Attackers can use a browser to exploit some of these issues.

The following exploits and proof of concepts are available:

Solution / Fix

RETIRED: IBM OmniFind Multiple Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Reportedly the vendor has fixed some of the issues however Symantec has not confirmed it. Please contact the vendor for more information.

References

RETIRED: IBM OmniFind Multiple Vulnerabilities

References:

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