Check Point Advisories

Visual Mining NetCharts Server Admin Console Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2014-8516)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-2191
Date Published: 17 Nov 2014
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 03 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2014-8516
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Visual Mining NetCharts Server 7.0.1 and prior
Vulnerability Description An arbitrary file upload vulnerability has been reported in Visual Mining NetCharts Server. The vulnerability exists in the Admin console and is due to insufficient validation of filename during the upload process. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the affected system by uploading arbitrary files to certain locations.

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 Visual Mining NetCharts Server Admin Console Arbitrary File Upload 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:  Visual Mining NetCharts Server Admin Console Arbitrary File Upload

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