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HTTP: Novell NetIQ Privileged User Manager Eval Policy Bypass

A policy-bypass vulnerability has been reported in Novell NetIQ Privileged User Manager, which could allow remote attackers to compromise a system. The vulnerability is due to an access control weakness when handling calls to the eval method within POST requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious eval request to the vulnerable server. Successful exploitation could result in command execution under the context of the SYSTEM.

Extended Description

Eval injection vulnerability in the ldapagnt_eval function in ldapagnt.dll in unifid.exe in NetIQ Privileged User Manager 2.3.x before 2.3.1 HF2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Perl code via a crafted application/x-amf request.

Affected Products

• netiq privileged_user_manager 2.3.0
• netiq privileged_user_manager 2.3.1

References

• BugTraq: 56539
• CVE: CVE-2012-5932