Cacti Multiple Parameter SQL and Command Injection Vulnerabilities


Description   Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Cacti, which could be exploited to compromise a vulnerable web server.
The first issue is caused by an input validation error in the "graph.php" script when processing the "rra_id" parameter, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
The second vulnerability is caused by input validation errors when creating or editing a Device or a Graph Template, which could be exploited by attackers to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the web server.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Cacti version 0.8.7e and prior
     
Solution   Upgrade to Cacti version 0.8.7g: http://www.cacti.net/downloads/cacti-0.8.7g.tar.gz
     
CVE   CVE-2010-2092
     
References   http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_7g.php
http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_7f.php
http://php-security.org/2010/05/13/mops-2010-023-cacti-graph-viewer-sql-injection-vulnerability/index.html
http://www.bonsai-sec.com/en/research/vulnerabilities/cacti-os-command-injection-0105.php
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OR statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious SELECT statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious combination of 'OR' or 'AND' statements in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : possible version probing in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious CREATE statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious CAST statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OPENROWSET statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious DECLARE statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OPENQUERY statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious CREATE statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious UPDATE statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious UNION statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OPENQUERY statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious shutdown statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious UNION SELECT statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious DROP statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : possible database version probing
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious INSERT statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OR statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious UPDATE SET statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious EXEC statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious SELECT statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious INSERT statement in URL
3.2.0
Misc : Remote code execution prevention: 2 '|' characters found as a parameter of a script file
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious DROP statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OPENROWSET statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious EXEC statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : block comment delimiters in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious DECLARE statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious HAVING statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious CAST statement in data
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2010-05-20 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote