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TITLE:
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Manager File Upload
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28787

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28787/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/17451/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Backup Exec System
Recovery Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the FileUpload
class running on the Symantec LiveState Apache Tomcat server. This
can be exploited to upload arbitrary files via a specially crafted
HTTP POST request.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 7.0 and 7.0.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 7.0.3.
https://fileconnect.symantec.com/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Titon of BastardLabs, TippingPoint, and ZDI.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/297171.htm

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