Check Point Advisories

SolarWinds Orion Arbitrary File Write (CVE-2020-27871)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2020-3610
Date Published: 6 Nov 2022
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 06 November, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2020-27871
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? SolarWinds Orion Platform 2020.2.1
Vulnerability Description An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists in SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of file types for vulnerability announcement data files in VulnerabilitySettings.aspx, combined with a lack of restriction on destination paths. A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted request to the target server.

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the SolarWinds Orion Arbitrary File Write (CVE-2020-27871) 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:  SolarWinds Orion Arbitrary File Write (CVE-2020-27871)

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