CVE-2016-1279 - Improper Authentication

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

J-Web in Juniper Junos OS before 12.1X46-D45, 12.1X46-D50, 12.1X47 before 12.1X47-D35, 12.3 before 12.3R12, 12.3X48 before 12.3X48-D25, 13.3 before 13.3R10, 13.3R9 before 13.3R9-S1, 14.1 before 14.1R7, 14.1X53 before 14.1X53-D35, 14.2 before 14.2R6, 15.1 before 15.1A2 or 15.1F4, 15.1X49 before 15.1X49-D30, and 15.1R before 15.1R3 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and consequently gain administrative privileges via unspecified vectors.

J-Web in Juniper Junos OS before 12.1X46-D45, 12.1X46-D50, 12.1X47 before 12.1X47-D35, 12.3 before 12.3R12, 12.3X48 before 12.3X48-D25, 13.3 before 13.3R10, 13.3R9 before 13.3R9-S1, 14.1 before 14.1R7, 14.1X53 before 14.1X53-D35, 14.2 before 14.2R6, 15.1 before 15.1A2 or 15.1F4, 15.1X49 before 15.1X49-D30, and 15.1R before 15.1R3 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and consequently gain administrative privileges via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Demo Examples

Improper Authentication

CWE-287

The following code intends to ensure that the user is already logged in. If not, the code performs authentication with the user-provided username and password. If successful, it sets the loggedin and user cookies to "remember" that the user has already logged in. Finally, the code performs administrator tasks if the logged-in user has the "Administrator" username, as recorded in the user cookie.


               
}
}
ExitError("Error: you need to log in first");
);
);
DoAdministratorTasks();

Unfortunately, this code can be bypassed. The attacker can set the cookies independently so that the code does not check the username and password. The attacker could do this with an HTTP request containing headers such as:


               
[body of request]

By setting the loggedin cookie to "true", the attacker bypasses the entire authentication check. By using the "Administrator" value in the user cookie, the attacker also gains privileges to administer the software.

Improper Authentication

CWE-287

Demo Examples

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

The following code checks validity of the supplied username and password and notifies the user of a successful or failed login.


               
}
}
print "Login Successful";
print "Login Failed - incorrect password";
print "Login Failed - unknown username";

In the above code, there are different messages for when an incorrect username is supplied, versus when the username is correct but the password is wrong. This difference enables a potential attacker to understand the state of the login function, and could allow an attacker to discover a valid username by trying different values until the incorrect password message is returned. In essence, this makes it easier for an attacker to obtain half of the necessary authentication credentials.

While this type of information may be helpful to a user, it is also useful to a potential attacker. In the above example, the message for both failed cases should be the same, such as:


               
"Login Failed - incorrect username or password"

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

This code tries to open a database connection, and prints any exceptions that occur.


               
}
openDbConnection();
//print exception message that includes exception message and configuration file location
echo 'Check credentials in config file at: ', $Mysql_config_location, '\n';

If an exception occurs, the printed message exposes the location of the configuration file the script is using. An attacker can use this information to target the configuration file (perhaps exploiting a Path Traversal weakness). If the file can be read, the attacker could gain credentials for accessing the database. The attacker may also be able to replace the file with a malicious one, causing the application to use an arbitrary database.

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

In the example below, the method getUserBankAccount retrieves a bank account object from a database using the supplied username and account number to query the database. If an SQLException is raised when querying the database, an error message is created and output to a log file.


               
}
return userAccount;
}
userAccount = (BankAccount)queryResult.getObject(accountNumber);
Logger.getLogger(BankManager.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, logMessage, ex);

The error message that is created includes information about the database query that may contain sensitive information about the database or query logic. In this case, the error message will expose the table name and column names used in the database. This data could be used to simplify other attacks, such as SQL injection (CWE-89) to directly access the database.

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

This code stores location information about the current user:


               
}...
Log.e("ExampleActivity", "Caught exception: " + e + " While on User:" + User.toString());

When the application encounters an exception it will write the user object to the log. Because the user object contains location information, the user's location is also written to the log.

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

The following is an actual MySQL error statement:


               
Warning: mysql_pconnect(): Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: N1nj4) in /usr/local/www/wi-data/includes/database.inc on line 4

The error clearly exposes the database credentials.

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

This code displays some information on a web page.


               
Social Security Number: <%= ssn %></br>Credit Card Number: <%= ccn %>

The code displays a user's credit card and social security numbers, even though they aren't absolutely necessary.

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

The following program changes its behavior based on a debug flag.


               
} %>

The code writes sensitive debug information to the client browser if the "debugEnabled" flag is set to true .

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

This code uses location to determine the user's current US State location.

First the application must declare that it requires the ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission in the application's manifest.xml:


               
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>

During execution, a call to getLastLocation() will return a location based on the application's location permissions. In this case the application has permission for the most accurate location possible:


               
deriveStateFromCoords(userCurrLocation);

While the application needs this information, it does not need to use the ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION permission, as the ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION permission will be sufficient to identify which US state the user is in.

Overview

Type

Juniper

First reported 8 years ago

2016-09-09 14:05:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-01 01:29:00

Affected Software

Juniper Junos 12.1X46 D50

12.1x46

Juniper JUNOS 12.1X47

12.1x47

Juniper JUNOS 12.1X47-D10

12.1x47

Juniper JunOS 12.1x47 D15

12.1x47

Juniper JunOS 12.1x47 D20

12.1x47

Juniper JunOS 12.1x47 D25

12.1x47

Juniper Junos 12.1X47 D30

12.1x47

Juniper JUNOS 12.3

12.3

Juniper Junos 12.3 R1

12.3

Juniper JunOS 12.3 R10

12.3

Juniper Junos 12.3 R11

12.3

Juniper Junos 12.3 R2

12.3

Juniper Junos 12.3 R3

12.3

Juniper Junos 12.3 R4

12.3

Juniper Junos 12.3 R5

12.3

Juniper Junos 12.3 R6

12.3

Juniper JUNOS 12.3R7

12.3

Juniper Junos 12.3 R8

12.3

Juniper JunOS 12.3 R9

12.3

Juniper JunOS 12.3x48 D10

12.3x48

Juniper JunOS 12.3x48 D15

12.3x48

Juniper JUNOS 13.3

13.3

Juniper Junos 13.3 R1

13.3

Juniper Junos 13.3 R2

13.3

Juniper JUNOS 13.3R2-S2

13.3

Juniper Junos 13.3 R3

13.3

Juniper Junos 13.3 R4

13.3

Juniper Junos 13.3 R5

13.3

Juniper JUNOS 13.3 R6

13.3

Juniper Junos 13.3 R7

13.3

Juniper Junos 13.3 R8

13.3

Juniper Junos 13.3 R9

13.3

Juniper JUNOS 14.1

14.1

Juniper JUNOS 14.1R1

14.1

Juniper Junos 14.1 R2

14.1

Juniper Junos 14.1 R3

14.1

Juniper JunOS 14.1 R4

14.1

Juniper Junos 14.1 R5

14.1

Juniper Junos 14.1 R6

14.1

Juniper JunOS 14.1x53

14.1x53

Juniper JunOS 14.1x53 D10

14.1x53

Juniper JunOS 14.1x53 D15

14.1x53

Juniper JunOS 14.1x53 D16

14.1x53

Juniper JunOS 14.1x53 D25

14.1x53

Juniper JunOS 14.1x53 D26

14.1x53

Juniper Junos 14.1X53 D27

14.1x53

Juniper Junos 14.1X53 D30

14.1x53

Juniper Junos 14.2 R1

14.2

Juniper Junos 14.2 R2

14.2

Juniper Junos 14.2 R3

14.2

Juniper Junos 14.2 R4

14.2

Juniper Junos 14.2 R5

14.2

Juniper Junos 15.1 A1

15.1

Juniper JunOS 15.1 F2

15.1

Juniper JunOS 15.1 F2-s1

15.1

Juniper Junos 15.1 F2-S2

15.1

Juniper Junos 15.1 F2-S3

15.1

Juniper Junos 15.1 F2-S4

15.1

Juniper Junos 15.1 F3

15.1

Juniper Junos 15.1 R1

15.1

Juniper JunOS 15.1 R2

15.1

Juniper JunOS 15.1x49 D10

15.1x49

Juniper JunOS 15.1x49 D20

15.1x49

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