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CVE-2016-6601
published 2017-01-23

CVE-2016-6601: Directory traversal vulnerability in the file download functionality in ZOHO WebNMS Framework 5.2 and 5.2 SP1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files…

PriorityP275high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
97.36%
99.9th percentile
Directory traversal vulnerability in the file download functionality in ZOHO WebNMS Framework 5.2 and 5.2 SP1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter to servlets/FetchFile.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
zohocorpwebnms_framework

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlGET /servlets/FetchFile?fileName=../../../etc/shadow
urlGET /servlets/FetchFile?fileName=conf/securitydbData.xml
url/servlets/FetchFile?fileName=../../../etc/passwd
path/servlets/FetchFile
pathWEB-INF/conf/securitydbData.xml
  • Detect directory traversal exploitation of the FetchFile servlet by monitoring GET requests to /servlets/FetchFile with a 'fileName' parameter containing '../' sequences.
  • Alert on requests to /servlets/FetchFile targeting conf/securitydbData.xml, which exposes all obfuscated user credentials.
  • Detect user impersonation attempts by monitoring HTTP requests to /servlets/GetChallengeServlet that include a 'UserName' HTTP header, especially with value 'root'.
  • Only text files can be downloaded properly via the FetchFile traversal; binary files will be mangled. Focus detection on text-based sensitive file paths (e.g., /etc/shadow, /etc/passwd, securitydbData.xml).
  • On Windows targets, traversal via FetchFile is limited to files on the same drive as the WebNMS installation; adjust detection scope accordingly.
  • ·The FetchFile directory traversal only correctly downloads text files; binary files are mangled in transit, limiting the scope of exfiltrable data but not eliminating the risk for text-based sensitive files.
  • ·CVE-2016-6601 (FetchFile traversal) can be chained with CVE-2016-6602 (weak password obfuscation) to achieve full unauthenticated credential disclosure, and further chained with CVE-2016-6600 (FileUploadServlet RCE) for complete remote compromise.
  • ·The UserName HTTP header impersonation (CVE-2016-6603) requires no prior credentials and returns a valid authenticated session cookie, making it a trivial privilege escalation step after credential discovery via CVE-2016-6601.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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