(PT-2013-19) Positive Technologies Security Advisory
XML External Entities Resolution vulnerability in HP ArcSight Connector

Vulnerable software

HP ArcSight Connector
Version: 5.0.2.5642.0 and possibly other versions

Link:
http://www8.hp.com/

Severity level

Severity level: Medium
Impact: Internal Network Resources and File System Access, Denial of Service
Access Vector: Remote

CVSS v2:
Base Score: 5.8
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)

CVE: not assigned

Software description

HP ArcSight Connector automate the process of collecting and managing logs from any device and in any format.

Vulnerability description

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an XML External Entities Resolution vulnerability in HP ArcSight Connector.

An attacker is able to import a specially crafted XML file, which would force ArcSight Connector to disclose local or remote resources to a malicious server once the victim views the file. XXE also allows the attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) attack.

How to fix

No solution

Advisory status

24.01.2013 - Vendor gets vulnerability details
23.01.2014 - Public disclosure

Credits

The vulnerability was detected by Timur Yunusov, Alexey Osipov and Sergey Pavlov, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company)

References

http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2013-19

Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research:

http://www.ptsecurity.com/research/advisory/
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/

About Positive Technologies

Positive Technologies www.ptsecurity.com is among the key players in the IT security market in Russia.

The principal activities of the company include the development of integrated tools for information security monitoring (MaxPatrol); providing IT security consulting services and technical support; development of the Securitylab leading Russian information security portal.

Among the clients of Positive Technologies, there are more than 40 state enterprises, more than 50 banks and financial organizations, 20 telecommunication companies, more than 40 plant facilities, as well as IT, service and retail companies from Russia, the CIS countries, the Baltic States, China, Ecuador, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Iran, Israel, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, and the USA.

Positive Technologies is a team of highly skilled developers, advisers and experts with years of vast hands-on experience. The company specialists possess professional titles and certificates; they are the members of various international societies and are actively involved in the IT security field development.