(CVE-2014-1648) Symantec Messaging Gateway Management Console Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

I. VULNERABILITY

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Reflected XSS Attacks vulnerability in Symantec Messaging Gateway  Version
10.5.1



II. BACKGROUND

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Symantec Corporation is an American computer security, backup and
availability solutions software corporation headquartered in Mountain
View, California, United States. It is a Fortune 500 company and a
member of the S&P 500 stock market index



III. DESCRIPTION

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Has been detected a Reflected XSS vulnerability in Messaging Gateway  Version.

The code injection is done through the parameter "displayTab" in the
page “/brightmail/setting/compliance/DlpConnectFlow$view.flo?displayTab=”



IV. PROOF OF CONCEPT

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The application does not validate the parameter “operand[]” correctly.



https://10.200.210.143/brightmail/setting/compliance/DlpConnectFlow$view.flo?displayTab=aaaaa')</script><script>alert(“XSS”)</script><script>{('



V. BUSINESS IMPACT

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An attacker can execute arbitrary HTML or script code in a targeted

user's browser, that allows the execution of arbitrary HTML/script
code to be executed in the context of the victim user's browser.





VI. SYSTEMS AFFECTED

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Tested in Symantec Messaging Gateway Version 10.5.1 VMWare





VII. SOLUTION

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Upgrade Symantec Messaging Gateway 10.5.2



VIII. References

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http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20140422_00



http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66966/info



By William Costa

william.costa@gmail.com





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