Check Point Advisories

Netgear ProSAFE NMS300 fileUpload.do Arbitrary File Upload (CVE-2016-1524; CVE-2016-1525; CVE-2023-38096; CVE-2023-38098)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0368
Date Published: 23 May 2016
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Sunday 10 December, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-1524
CVE-2016-1525
CVE-2023-38096
CVE-2023-38098
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Netgear ProSAFE NMS300 prior to 1.7.0.20
Vulnerability Description An arbitrary file upload vulnerability exists in Netgear ProSafe NMS300. The vulnerability is due to inadequate access control and input validation error when accepting user uploaded files to fileUpload.do control. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to the target server. Successful exploitation would allow execution of arbitrary code under the security context of SYSTEM.

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Netgear ProSAFE NMS300 fileUpload.do Arbitrary File Upload protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Netgear ProSAFE NMS300 fileUpload.do Arbitrary File Upload

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