Document Title:
===============
Barracuda Networks #35 Web Firewall 610 v6.0.1 - Filter Bypass & Persistent Vulnerability
References (Source):
====================
http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=1101
Barracuda Networks Security ID (BNSEC): BNSEC-2361
http://www.barracuda.com/kb?id=501600000013m4O
Solution #00006619
BNSEC-02361: Authenticated persistent IVE in Barracuda Web Filter v6.0.1
Release Date:
=============
2014-07-22
Vulnerability Laboratory ID (VL-ID):
====================================
1101
Common Vulnerability Scoring System:
====================================
3.7
Product & Service Introduction:
===============================
The Barracuda Web Filter is an integrated content filtering, application blocking and malware protection solution that is powerful,
easy to use and affordable for businesses of all sizes. It enforces Internet usage policies by blocking access to Web sites and
Internet applications that are not related to business, and it easily and completely eliminates spyware and other forms of malware
from your organization. No more costly staff time lost repairing infected computers.
( Copy of the Vendor Homepage: https://www.barracuda.com/products/webfilter )
Abstract Advisory Information:
==============================
The Vulnerability Laboratory Research Team discovered multiple persistent input validation web vulnerabilities and a filter bypass issue in
the Barracuda Networks WebFilter 610-Vx appliance web-application.
Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:
==================================
2013-12-27: Researcher Notification & Coordination (Benjamin Kunz Mejri)
2013-12-28: Vendor Notification (Barracuda Networks Security Team - Bug Bounty Program)
2014-01-19: Vendor Response/Feedback (Barracuda Networks Security Team - Bug Bounty Program)
2014-07-15: Vendor Fix/Patch (Barracuda Networks Developer Team) [Coordination: Dave Farrow]
2014-07-22: Public Disclosure (Vulnerability Laboratory)
Discovery Status:
=================
Published
Affected Product(s):
====================
Barracuda Networks
Product: WebFilter Appliance Web-Application 6.0.1.009 - X210 X310 X410 X510 X610 X710 X810 X910 X1010
Exploitation Technique:
=======================
Remote
Severity Level:
===============
Medium
Technical Details & Description:
================================
Multiple persistent input validation web vulnerabilities and a filter bypass has been discovered in the Barracuda Networks WebFilter Model 610Vx appliance web-application.
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject own malicious script codes on the application-side of the affected service, module or function.
The vulnerability are located in the `domain names`, `grid__data in grid_columns` and `x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-name`
values of the `Basic > Reports` module. Remote attackers are able to inject own script code as domain name to execute the
context in the show advanced options menu listing (+plus). The attack vector is persistent located on the application-side
and the request method to inject is POST.
To bypass the invalid domain exception the attacker first need to include a valid domain, in the second step he change the domain name value by a
session tamper. Reason behind the technique is that the input field validation is separatly done to the request method validation. The restriction
of the invalid input field check can be bypassed by usage of a session tamper to change the input field context live after the first direct input
encode of the web filter application. Another problem is located in the same module which affects the buttom name item listing.
The security risk of the persistent input validation web vulnerability and fitler bypass is estimated as medium with a cvss (common vulnerability scoring
system) count of 3.7. Exploitation of the persistent web vulnerability requires low user interaction and a local low privileged web-application account.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in session hijacking (customers), persistent phishing, persistent external redirects or persistent
manipulation of connected or affected module context.
Request Method(s):
[+] GET
[+] POST
Vulnerable Module(s):
[+] Basic > Reports > Advanced Options > Show Advanced Options
Vulnerable Input Field(s):
[+] Add Domain
Vulnerable Parameter(s):
[+] domain name
[+] grid__data in grid_columns
[+] x-grid3-cell-inner x-grid3-col-name
Affected Module(s):
[+] Reports Module Index
[+] Reports Module Advanced Options List
[+] Buttom Name Item List
Affected Version(s):
[+] All versions > Web-Filter applicance web-application
Proof of Concept (PoC):
=======================
The persistent input validation web vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers with a low privileged web-application user account and low or medium
user interaction. For security demonstration or to reproduce the vulnerability follow the provided information and steps below to continue.
--- PoC Session Logs Request/Response Input Execution ---
Status: 200[OK]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi?auth_type=Local&et=1380375181&locale=en_US&password=70be67622c59f4862ed9e7bc6a7cc3d2&primary_tab=BASIC&realm=&role=&secondary_tab=reports&user=guest
Load Flags[VALIDATE_ALWAYS LOAD_DOCUMENT_URI LOAD_INITIAL_DOCUMENT_URI ] Content Size[160284] Mime Type[text/html]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Connection[keep-alive]
Cache-Control[max-age=0]
Response Headers:
Server[nginx/1.0.14]
Content-Type[text/html; charset=utf-8]
Connection[keep-alive]
Expires[Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:22:20 GMT]
Date[Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:22:20 GMT]
Content-Length[160284]
15:22:11.590[793ms][total 793ms] Status: 304[Not Modified]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/css/calendar/calendar-win2k-cold-1.css?v=6.0.1.009 Load Flags[VALIDATE_ALWAYS ] Content Size[-1] Mime Type[application/x-unknown-content-type]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[text/css,*/*;q=0.1]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Referer[https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi?auth_type=Local&et=1380375181&locale=en_US&password=70be67622c59f4862ed9e7bc6a7cc3d2&primary_tab=BASIC&realm=&role=&secondary_tab=reports&user=guest]
Connection[keep-alive]
If-Modified-Since[Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:54:15 GMT]
Cache-Control[max-age=0]
Response Headers:
Server[nginx/1.0.14]
Date[Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:22:21 GMT]
Last-Modified[Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:54:15 GMT]
Connection[keep-alive]
Expires[Thu, 31 Dec 2037 23:55:55 GMT]
Cache-Control[max-age=315360000, public]
15:22:11.590[794ms][total 794ms] Status: 304[Not Modified]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/css/autosuggest.css?v=6.0.1.009 Load Flags[VALIDATE_ALWAYS ] Content Size[-1] Mime Type[application/x-unknown-content-type]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[text/css,*/*;q=0.1]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Referer[https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi?auth_type=Local&et=1380375181&locale=en_US&password=70be67622c59f4862ed9e7bc6a7cc3d2&primary_tab=BASIC&realm=&role=&secondary_tab=reports&user=guest]
Connection[keep-alive]
If-Modified-Since[Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:54:15 GMT]
Cache-Control[max-age=0]
Response Headers:
Server[nginx/1.0.14]
Date[Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:22:21 GMT]
Last-Modified[Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:54:15 GMT]
Connection[keep-alive]
Expires[Thu, 31 Dec 2037 23:55:55 GMT]
Cache-Control[max-age=315360000, public]
15:22:11.591[813ms][total 813ms] Status: 304[Not Modified]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/barracuda.css?v=6.0.1.009 Load Flags[VALIDATE_ALWAYS ] Content Size[-1] Mime Type[application/x-unknown-content-type]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[text/css,*/*;q=0.1]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Referer[https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi?auth_type=Local&et=1380375181&locale=en_US&password=70be67622c59f4862ed9e7bc6a7cc3d2&primary_tab=BASIC&realm=&role=&secondary_tab=reports&user=guest]
Connection[keep-alive]
If-Modified-Since[Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:54:15 GMT]
Cache-Control[max-age=0]
Response Headers:
Server[nginx/1.0.14]
Date[Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:22:21 GMT]
Last-Modified[Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:54:15 GMT]
Connection[keep-alive]
Expires[Thu, 31 Dec 2037 23:55:55 GMT]
Cache-Control[max-age=315360000, public]
15:22:11.594[987ms][total 987ms] Status: 304[Not Modified]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/js/scriptaculous/scriptaculous.js?load=effects,dragdrop&v=6.0.1.009 Load Flags[VALIDATE_ALWAYS ] Content Size[-1] Mime Type[application/x-unknown-content-type]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[*/*]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Referer[https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi?auth_type=Local&et=1380375181&locale=en_US&password=70be67622c59f4862ed9e7bc6a7cc3d2&primary_tab=BASIC&realm=&role=&secondary_tab=reports&user=guest]
Connection[keep-alive]
If-Modified-Since[Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:54:14 GMT]
Cache-Control[max-age=0]
Response Headers:
Server[nginx/1.0.14]
Date[Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:22:22 GMT]
Last-Modified[Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:54:14 GMT]
Connection[keep-alive]
Expires[Thu, 31 Dec 2037 23:55:55 GMT]
Cache-Control[max-age=315360000, public]
15:22:11.594[987ms][total 987ms] Status: 304[Not Modified]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/js/ext-prototype-adapter.js?v=6.0.1.009 Load Flags[VALIDATE_ALWAYS ] Content Size[-1] Mime Type[application/x-unknown-content-type]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[*/*]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Referer[https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi?auth_type=Local&et=1380375181&locale=en_US&password=70be67622c59f4862ed9e7bc6a7cc3d2&primary_tab=BASIC&realm=&role=&secondary_tab=reports&user=guest]
Connection[keep-alive]
If-Modified-Since[Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:54:14 GMT]
Cache-Control[max-age=0]
Response Headers:
Server[nginx/1.0.14]
Date[Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:22:22 GMT]
Last-Modified[Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:54:14 GMT]
Connection[keep-alive]
Expires[Thu, 31 Dec 2037 23:55:55 GMT]
Cache-Control[max-age=315360000, public]
15:22:13.629[260ms][total 260ms] Status: 502[Bad Gateway]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/x Load Flags[VALIDATE_ALWAYS ] Content Size[1789] Mime Type[text/html]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[image/png,image/*;q=0.8,*/*;q=0.5]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Referer[https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi?auth_type=Local&et=1380375181&locale=en_US&password=70be67622c59f4862ed9e7bc6a7cc3d2&primary_tab=BASIC&realm=&role=&secondary_tab=reports&user=guest]
Connection[keep-alive]
Response Headers:
Server[nginx/1.0.14]
Date[Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:22:23 GMT]
Content-Type[text/html]
Content-Length[1789]
Connection[keep-alive]
--- PoC Session Logs Request/Response Delete Element Item Execution ---
15:26:04.436[0ms][total 0ms] Status: pending[]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/js/adapters/prototype-adapter.js?v=6.0.1.009 Load Flags[LOAD_NORMAL] Content Size[unknown] Mime Type[unknown]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[*/*]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Referer[https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi]
15:26:04.436[0ms][total 0ms] Status: pending[]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/js/highcharts.js?v=6.0.1.009 Load Flags[LOAD_NORMAL] Content Size[unknown] Mime Type[unknown]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[*/*]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Referer[https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi]
15:26:04.461[0ms][total 0ms] Status: pending[]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/favicon.ico Load Flags[LOAD_NORMAL] Content Size[unknown] Mime Type[unknown]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
15:26:04.542[0ms][total 0ms] Status: pending[]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/js/scriptaculous/effects.js Load Flags[LOAD_NORMAL] Content Size[unknown] Mime Type[unknown]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[*/*]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Referer[https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi]
15:26:04.542[0ms][total 0ms] Status: pending[]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/js/scriptaculous/dragdrop.js Load Flags[LOAD_NORMAL] Content Size[unknown] Mime Type[unknown]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[*/*]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Referer[https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi]
15:26:04.964[454ms][total 454ms] Status: 200[OK]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/header_logo.cgi?6.0.1.009 Load Flags[LOAD_NORMAL] Content Size[-1] Mime Type[image/gif]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[image/png,image/*;q=0.8,*/*;q=0.5]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Referer[https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi]
Connection[keep-alive]
Response Headers:
Server[nginx/1.0.14]
Content-Type[image/gif]
Transfer-Encoding[chunked]
Connection[keep-alive]
Expires[Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:26:14 GMT]
Date[Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:26:14 GMT]
Cache-Control[no-cache, no-store]
15:26:05.740[213ms][total 213ms] Status: 502[Bad Gateway]
GET https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/x Load Flags[LOAD_NORMAL] Content Size[1789] Mime Type[text/html]
Request Headers:
Host[webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317]
User-Agent[Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0]
Accept[image/png,image/*;q=0.8,*/*;q=0.5]
Accept-Language[en-US,en;q=0.5]
Accept-Encoding[gzip, deflate]
DNT[1]
Referer[https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi]
Connection[keep-alive]
Response Headers:
Server[nginx/1.0.14]
Date[Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:26:15 GMT]
Content-Type[text/html]
Content-Length[1789]
Connection[keep-alive]
Reference(s):
https://webfilter.ptest.localhost:6317/cgi-mod/index.cgi?auth_type=Local&et=1380375181&locale=en_US&password=70be67622c59f4862ed9e7bc6a7cc3d2&primary_tab=BASIC&realm=&role=&secondary_tab=reports&user=guest
Solution - Fix & Patch:
=======================
The vulnerability can be patched by a secure parse and encode of the input to add domains. Ensure that the application GET to POST requests are restricted and filtered
to prevent further attacks in the vulnerable add domains module section.
Barracuda Networks Appliance: Advanced >Firmware Updates Page
http://www.barracuda.com/kb?id=501600000013m4O
Security Risk:
==============
The security risk of the persistent input validation web vulnerabilities and estimated as medium(+).
Credits & Authors:
==================
Vulnerability Laboratory [Research Team] - Benjamin Kunz Mejri (bkm@evolution-sec.com) [www.vulnerability-lab.com]
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