CA eTrust Admin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Advisory Content :

Title: [CAID 35145]: CA eTrust Admin Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability

CA Vuln ID (CAID): 35145

CA Advisory Date: 2007-03-08

Impact: Attackers can gain escalated privileges.

Summary: The CA eTrust Admin GINA component contains a privilege

escalation vulnerability within the reset password interface.

Mitigating Factors: This vulnerability is exploitable only

through physical interactive access or through Remote Desktop.

Severity: CA has given this vulnerability a Medium risk rating.

Affected Products:

eTrust Admin 8.1 SP2 (8.1.2)

eTrust Admin 8.1 SP1 (8.1.1)

eTrust Admin 8.1 (8.1.0)

Affected Platforms:

Windows

Status and Recommendation:

CA has issued an update to correct the vulnerability. Two update

options are available for CA eTrust Admin 8.1 SP2 (8.1.2),

8.1 SP1 (8.1.1), 8.1 (8.1.0):

1. Uninstall GINA and install 8.1 SP2 CR6 or later.

Or

2. Manually replace the affected cube.exe executable with the

fixed cube.exe executable from the 8.1 SP2 CR6 Manual Updates zip

file. The fixed cube.exe file has a date of February 11, 2007 and

a file size of 53,248 bytes.

Both updates can be found at the eTrust Admin Solutions and

Patches page:

http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrustadmin-dmo/downloads/et
rustadmin-updates.asp

Workaround:

If patch application is not feasible at this time, ensure that

Remote Desktop is disabled and restrict physical host access to

reduce exposure.

How to determine if the installation is affected:

1. Using Windows Explorer, locate the file "cube.exe". By default,

the file is located in the

"C:Program FilesCAeTrust Admin GINA Option" directory.

2. Right click on the file and select Properties.

3. Select the General tab.

The installation is vulnerable if the creation date of cube.exe is

earlier than February 11, 2007.

References (URLs may wrap):

CA SupportConnect:

http://supportconnect.ca.com/

CA SupportConnect security notice for this vulnerability:

Security Notice for CA eTrust Admin GINA

http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/etrust/etrustadmin-dmo/infodocs/etr
ust_secnot_gina.asp

CA Security Advisor posting:

CA eTrust Admin Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=101038

CAID: 35145

CAID advisory link:

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=35145

CVE Reference: CVE-2007-1345

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1345

OSVDB Reference: OSVDB ID: 32722

http://osvdb.org/32722

Changelog for this advisory:

v1.0 - Initial Release

Customers who require additional information should contact CA

Technical Support at http://supportconnect.ca.com.

For technical questions or comments related to this advisory,

please send email to vuln AT ca DOT com.

If you discover a vulnerability in CA products, please report

your findings to vuln AT ca DOT com, or utilize our "Submit a

Vulnerability" form.

URL: http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/submit.aspx

Regards,

Ken Williams ; 0xE2941985

Director, CA Vulnerability Research

CA, One CA Plaza. Islandia, NY 11749

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Copyright (c) 2007 CA. All rights reserved.

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