Check Point Advisories

PolarBearCms upload.php Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2013-0803)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-2449
Date Published:	3 Jul 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 03 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2013-0803
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A file corruption vulnerability has been reported in PolarBearCms. The Vulnerability is due to a code execution while parsing an uploaded file. A remote attacker can exploit this weakness by uploading a malicious file using the vulnerable program. Successful exploitation could allow arbitrary files to be uploaded to the server.

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 PolarBearCms upload.php Arbitrary 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: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: PolarBearCms PHP File Upload abusing of upload.php file