Computer Associates XCOM Data Transport Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:56824

Info

Computer Associates XCOM Data Transport Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 56824
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-5973
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 05 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 06 2012 02:10PM
Credit: Jurgens van der Merwe and Junaid Loonat from SensePost
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Computer Associates XCOM Data Transport Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Computer Associates XCOM Data Transport is prone to a remote arbitrary command-execution vulnerability because it fails to properly validate user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands within the context of the vulnerable application.

Exploit / POC

Computer Associates XCOM Data Transport Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Computer Associates XCOM Data Transport Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

Computer Associates XCOM Data Transport Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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