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Enghouse Interactive IVR Pro (VIP2000) remote root
authentication bypass Vulnerability
Advisory ID: XPD-2013-001
CVE reference: CVE-2013-6838
Affected platforms: IVR Pro/Contact Center (VIP2000) platforms
with OpenVZ and fallback customization applied
Version: 9.0.3 (rel903)
Date: 2013-November-18
Security risk: High
Vulnerability: IVR Pro (VIP2000) remote root authentication bypass
Researcher: Fredrik Soderblom and Peter Norin
Vendor Status: Notified / Patch available
Vulnerability Disclosure Policy:
https://xpd.se/advisories/xpd-disclosure-policy-01.txt
Permanent URL:
https://xpd.se/advisories/XPD-2013-001.txt
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Description:
Vulnerable IVR Pro installations allow unauthenticated users to
bypass authentication and login as the 'root' user on the device.
The SSH private key corresponding to the following public key is
public and present on all vulnerable appliances:
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA45UvNUI2IZMrRiM77za5FrX+mWv+XI6+Atfey
ITcCbnqz1Z0YGVoMlBqAWIIN/GEesDmJ+kgycxd06jMQXBbrb/dkqYjxDM+n3ohf0w8v8xLPc
NtnI65AW//BKkWCAizo1t+doQO2i9WszZYyJ1ZA8V32Jt2l49d1EwQAByW3pZKBohKdDcMCvU
IRhNzB1GdZUVB0HgOuClA5xnAkc7NNt/Wftd5SsJxOwT9dlDjBcda4+giqokWUCRqF5GEzAva
8HiZjob8ExkNxhGfoZ5gMB7ZFdzZlLRwI3N7vSA6aJbrm2LxBp1npeQ1mpsrLvMkTrdA1GExS
QRJQBoZBW7TyQ==
Furthermore the SSH private key is not protected with a passphrase.
Its fingerprint is:
d6:07:41:f2:5c:ca:77:a5:d2:ef:d8:1b:69:1c:17:b4
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Impact
If successful, a malicious third party can get full control of the
device with little to no effort. The Attacker might reposition and
launch an attack against other parts of the target infrastructure
from there.
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Versions affected:
According to Enghouse Interactive the problem is located in an addon
product delivered by Enghouse Interactive Professional Services. The
addon utilizes OpenVZ to achieve high availability for the IVR Pro
platform.
IVR Pro/Contact Center (VIP2000) version 9.0.3 (rel903) with OpenVZ
and fallback tested.
The vendor reports that the following versions are patched:
Same release (9.0.3), with latest release of OpenVZ fallback
customization, is fixed
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Credits
This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Fredrik Soderblom
and Peter Norin from XPD AB.
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History
18-11-13 Initial Discovery
22-11-13 Initial attempt to contact the vendor
23-11-13 Reply from Radek Zalewski, case is assigned to internal resource
26-11-13 Draft of the advisory sent to the vendor
27-11-13 CVE-2013-6838 is assigned
27-11-13 Enghouse Interactive notifies us that patches are ready
15-01-14 Public disclosure
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About XPD
XPD AB is a privately held company with Headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.
Established in 2002, XPD AB is an independant security consulting and
research firm, with a focus on security and perimeter security solutions.
https://xpd.se
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