Check Point Advisories

Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager Unauthorized File Upload (CVE-2008-0457)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2008-253
Date Published:	5 Jul 2010
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 05 July, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-0457
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager is a complete, disk-based system recovery solution for Microsoft Windows based servers, desktops, and laptops that allows businesses to recover from system loss or disasters. A file upload vulnerability exists in the Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager. The vulnerability is due to design weakness in the Tomcat service and can be exploited by remote attackers to upload arbitrary files into the system, potentially compromising the vulnerable system. Successful attack may upload JSP script to the target server's web directories. The behavior of the system is dependent on the intended purpose of the injected code. Any code injected into the vulnerable component would execute in the security context of the service process.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager Unauthorized File Upload protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager unauthorized file upload