CVE-2016-0957

published 2016-02-10

CVE-2016-0957: Dispatcher before 4.1.5 in Adobe Experience Manager 5.6.1, 6.0.0, and 6.1.0 does not properly implement a URL filter, which allows remote attackers to bypass…

Priority P2 71 high 7.5 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I N A N

EXPLOIT

Dispatcher before 4.1.5 in Adobe Experience Manager 5.6.1, 6.0.0, and 6.1.0 does not properly implement a URL filter, which allows remote attackers to bypass dispatcher rules via unspecified vectors.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
adobe	dispatcher	<= 4.1.4	—
adobe	experience_manager	—	—
adobe	experience_manager	—	—
adobe	experience_manager	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url {{BaseURL}}/system/console?.css

other Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4K

• → Shodan queries 'http.component:"Adobe Experience Manager"' and 'http.component:"adobe experience manager"' can be used to identify potentially vulnerable internet-facing AEM instances.

• · The Authorization header in the probe uses default admin:admin credentials (Base64-encoded). Detection will only succeed against instances with default credentials left unchanged.
• · The vulnerability affects Dispatcher before 4.1.5 in Adobe Experience Manager versions 5.6.1, 6.0.0, and 6.1.0 only; later versions are not affected. ↗
• · The exact bypass vectors are unspecified in the CVE; the '?.css' suffix trick is one known exploitation path but may not be exhaustive. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 7.8 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

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