ESA-2016-036: EMC Unisphere for VMAX Virtual Appliance Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

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ESA-2016-036: EMC Unisphere for VMAX Virtual Appliance Arbitrary File Upload 
Vulnerability

EMC Identifier: ESA-2016-036
CVE Identifier: CVE-2016-0889
Severity Rating: CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.7 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H)


Affected products:  
EMC Unisphere for VMAX Virtual Appliance prior to 8.2.0

Summary:  
EMC Unisphere for VMAX Virtual Appliance contains a fix for an arbitrary file 
upload vulnerability. This vulnerability could expose the VMAX Virtual 
Appliance to be potentially compromised by malicious users.

Details:  

EMC Unisphere for VMAX Virtual Appliance is affected by an Arbitrary File 
Upload vulnerability. A certain HTTP servlet in vApp Manager accepts files from 
an unauthenticated client and uses the file path provided by the client to form 
the path on the server and writes the file to that path as the root user. An 
attacker could exploit this scenario to write arbitrary files to arbitrary 
paths as root user and compromise the system.



Resolution:  
The following EMC Unisphere for VMAX Virtual Appliance release contains 
resolution to this vulnerability:
?       EMC Unisphere for VMAX Virtual Appliance 8.2.0

EMC recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity. 

Link to remedies:
https://support.emc.com/downloads/27045_Unisphere-for-VMAX

Credit: 
EMC would like to thank Travis Emmert of Salesforce.com for reporting this 
vulnerability.


Read and use the information in this EMC Security Advisory to assist in 
avoiding any situation that might arise from the problems described herein. If 
you have any questions regarding this product alert, contact EMC Software 
Technical Support at 1-877-534-2867.

For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to EMC Knowledgebase solution 
emc218831. EMC recommends all customers take into account both the base score 
and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the 
potential severity associated with particular security vulnerability.

EMC recommends that all users determine the applicability of this information 
to their individual situations and take appropriate action. The information set 
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merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. 
In no event, shall EMC or its suppliers, be liable for any damages whatsoever 
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