Check Point Advisories

HP LoadRunner Virtual User Generator saveCodeRuleFile Directory Traversal (CVE-2013-4838)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-0952
Date Published: 27 Feb 2014
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Sunday 02 March, 2014
Source: HP c03969437
Industry Reference:CVE-2013-4838
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? HP Virtual User Generator Prior to 11.52
Vulnerability Description A directory traversal vulnerability exists in HP LoadRunner Virtual User Generator. The vulnerability exists in the EmulationAdmin web service. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation on the parameters of saveCodeRuleFile method sent via SOAP requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to create arbitrary files on the server. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution on the target system.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HP LoadRunner Virtual User Generator saveCodeRuleFile Directory Traversal protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  HP LoadRunner Virtual User Generator saveCodeRuleFile Directory Traversal

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