Check Point Advisories

Railo Remote File Include (CVE-2014-5468)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0880
Date Published:	9 Oct 2016
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 13 October, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2014-5468
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Railo 4.2.x Railo 4.1
Vulnerability Description	This module exploits a remote file include vulnerability in Railo. A vulnerability in thumbnail.cfm allows an attacker to download an arbitrary PNG file, and by taking advantage of a directory traversal, an attacker can append cold fusion markup to the PNG file, and have it interpreted by the server. This is used to stage and execute a fully-fledged payload.

Protection Overview

This protection detects 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 Railo Remote File Include 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: Railo Remote File Include