Sphera HostingDirector VDS Control Panel Account Configuration Modification Vulnerability

BID:7896

Info

Sphera HostingDirector VDS Control Panel Account Configuration Modification Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7896
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 13 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 13 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to "Lorenzo Hernandez Garcia-Hierro" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Sphera HostingDirector 3.0
Sphera HostingDirector 2.0
Sphera HostingDirector 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Sphera HostingDirector VDS Control Panel Account Configuration Modification Vulnerability

Sphera HostingDirector VDS Control Panel has been reported prone to a vulnerability where an attacker may make arbitrary account configuration modifications.

It has been reported that an attacker, may connect to the HostingDirector server and spoof HTTP referrer data to bypass HostingDirector authentication systems. It is then possible to make arbitrary modifications to other HostingDirector account configurations.

Exploit / POC

Sphera HostingDirector VDS Control Panel Account Configuration Modification Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been provided:

http://www.example.com/[INSTALLATION PATH]/dev/VDS/submitted.php?[TARGET
USER]\activeservices\http||watchdog_running=[false]&restart_vds=on&success_m
sg=Remote USER VDS restarted trough this kind of attack/watch dog disabled.

Solution / Fix

Sphera HostingDirector VDS Control Panel Account Configuration Modification Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Sphera HostingDirector VDS Control Panel Account Configuration Modification Vulnerability

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