Adobe Document Server Security Bypass and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities


Description   Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions, which could be exploited by attackers to disclose sensitive information, execute arbitrary scripting code, or bypass security restrictions.
The first issue is due to missing access control restrictions in the Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions (ads-readerext), which could be exploited by malicious users to gain access to restricted functionalities by manipulating the "actionID" and "pageID" parameters.
The second flaw is due to an input validation error in the "Update Download Site" section of ads-readerext that does not validate the "ReaderURL" variable, which could be exploited by attackers to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser in the security context of an affected Web site.
The third vulnerability is due to input validation errors in "ads-readerext" and "AlterCast" (Adobe Server Web Services) that do not validate the "actionID" and "op" variables, which could be exploited by attackers to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser in the security context of an affected Web site.
The fourth issue is due to an error where different error messages are generated depending on whether or not a supplied username exists, which could be exploited by attackers to determine valid usernames.
The fifth flw is due to a design error where a user's session ID for "ads-readerext" is included in the URL as the "jsessionid" parameter and exposed to other web sites in the "Referer:" header.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions version 6.0 and priorDocument Server version 6.0 (p026) and priorGraphics Server version 2.1 (d013) and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to the current version of Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions : http://www.adobe.com/products/server/readerextensions/main.html
     
CVE   CVE-2006-1788
CVE-2006-1787
CVE-2006-1786
CVE-2006-1785
CVE-2006-1627
     
References   http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-68/advisory/
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/322699.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331915.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331917.html
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious tag with event found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious tag with event found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code in flash clickTAG parameter
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'object' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'applet' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'applet' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : 'location' javascript object found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' attribute found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : javascript code found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : code allowing cookie access found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'a' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'embed' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'object' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'form' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'embed' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'style' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag in flash clickTAG parameter
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'div' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : evasion attempt using tag characters encoding in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'link' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : 'script' tag found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'style' attribute found in data
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'location' javascript object found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2006-04-13 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote