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Security Advisory - Several Vulnerabilities on the VCM5010

  • SA No:huawei-sa-20170329-01-vcm
  • Initial Release Date: Mar 29, 2017
  • Last Release Date: Mar 29, 2017

There is a command injection vulnerability on the VCM5010. This is due to insufficient validation of user's input. An authenticated attacker could launch a command injection attack. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-12094)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2736.

There is an arbitrary file upload vulnerability on the VCM5010. The software does not validate the files that uploaded. An authenticated attacker could upload arbitrary files to the system. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2016-12095)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2737.

There is an authentication bypass vulnerability on the VCM5010. This is due to improper implementation of authentication for accessing web pages. An unauthenticated attacker could bypass the authentication by sending a crafted HTTP request. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-03148)

This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-2738.

Huawei has released software updates to fix these vulnerabilities. This advisory is available at the following link:

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170329-01-vcm-en


Product Name

Affected Version

Resolved Product and Version

VCM5010

Versions earlier before V100R002C50SPC100

V100R002C50SPC100

HWPSIRT-2016-12094:

An authenticated attacker could launch a command injection attack.

HWPSIRT-2016-12095:

An authenticated attacker could upload arbitrary files to the system.

HWPSIRT-2017-03148:

An unauthenticated attacker could bypass the authentication.

The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).

HWPSIRT-2016-12094:

Base Score: 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Temporal Score: 6.7 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)

HWPSIRT-2016-12095:

Base Score: 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Temporal Score: 8.2 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)

HWPSIRT-2017-03148:

Base Score: 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Temporal Score: 9.1 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)

HWPSIRT-2016-12094:

This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:

The attacker logs in the system.

Vulnerability details:

This is due to insufficient validation of user's input. An authenticated attacker could launch a command injection attack.

HWPSIRT-2016-12095:

This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:

The attacker logs in the system.

Vulnerability details:

The software does not validate the files that uploaded. An authenticated attacker could upload arbitrary files to the system.

HWPSIRT-2017-03148:

This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:

The attacker accesses to the victim's network.

Vulnerability details:

This is due to improper implementation of authentication for accessing web pages. An unauthenticated attacker could bypass the authentication by sending a crafted HTTP request.

Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.

HWPSIRT-2016-12094,HWPSIRT-2016-12095 and HWPSIRT-2017-03148:

This vulnerability was discovered by Huawei internal tester.

2017-03-29 V1.0 INITIAL

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