MISC: GE Proficy Real-Time Information Portal Directory Traversal

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against GE Proficy Real-Time Information Portal. Attackers can traverse directories on the server resulting in the attacker accessing areas of the system otherwise unintended to be accessed externally.

Extended Description

GE Proficy Real-Time Information Portal is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data. Exploiting the issue may allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected system. This could aid in further attacks. GE Proficy Real-Time Information Portal versions 3.0 and 2.6 are vulnerable.

Affected Products

General_electric proficy_real-time_information_portal

References

BugTraq: 52439

CVE: CVE-2012-0232

Short Name
APP:GE-PROFICY-RT-DIRTRAVERSAL
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
APP
Keywords
CVE-2012-0232 Directory GE Information Portal Proficy Real-Time Traversal bid:52439
Release Date
01/09/2013
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3336
Port
TCP/5159
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

General_electric

CVSS Score

6.4

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