Check Point Advisories

Symantec Workspace Streaming XML-RPC Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2014-1649)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1582
Date Published:	29 May 2014
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 03 May, 2017
Source:	Symantec 20140512_00
Industry Reference:	CVE-2014-1649
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Symantec Workspace Streaming 7.5.x and prior
Vulnerability Description	An arbitrary file upload vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Workspace. The vulnerability is due to lack of access control validation in the functionality used to process XMLRPC requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by a sending specially crafted XML-RPC request to the server.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Symantec Workspace Streaming XML-RPC Arbitrary File Upload protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Security Products Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Symantec Workspace Streaming XML-RPC Arbitrary File Upload