The vulnerable system is bound to a protocol stack, but the attack is limited at the protocol level to a logically adjacent topology. This can mean an attack must be launched from the same shared proximity (e.g., Bluetooth, NFC, or IEEE 802.11) or logical network (e.g., local IP subnet), or from within a secure or otherwise limited administrative domain (e.g., MPLS, secure VPN within an administrative network zone). One example of an Adjacent attack would be an ARP (IPv4) or neighbor discovery flood leading to a denial of service on the local LAN segment (e.g., CVE-2013-6014).
Attack Complexity
Low
AC
The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Privileges Required
None
PR
The attacker is unauthenticated prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files of the vulnerable system to carry out an attack.
Scope
S
An exploited vulnerability can affect resources beyond the security scope managed by the security authority that is managing the vulnerable component. This is often referred to as a 'privilege escalation,' where the attacker can use the exploited vulnerability to gain control of resources that were not intended or authorized.
Confidentiality
High
C
There is total information disclosure, resulting in all data on the system being revealed to the attacker, or there is a possibility of the attacker gaining control over confidential data.
Integrity
High
I
There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the attacker being able to modify any file on the target system.
Availability
High
A
There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can deny access to the system or data, potentially causing significant loss to the organization.
Title:
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Skype Account Service - Session Token Bypass Vulnerability
Date:
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2012-11-15
References:
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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=762
http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=739
MSRC ID: 13175
VL-ID:
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739
Common Vulnerability Scoring System:
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6.2
Introduction:
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Skype is a proprietary voice-over-Internet Protocol service and software application originally created in 2003 by Swedish entrepreneur
Niklas Zennstrm and his Danish partner Janus Friis. It has been owned by Microsoft since 2011. The service allows users to communicate
with peers by voice, video, and instant messaging over the Internet. Phone calls may be placed to recipients on the traditional telephone
networks. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free of charge, while calls to landline telephones and mobile phones are charged
via a debit-based user account system. Skype has also become popular for its additional features, including file transfer, and videoconferencing.
Competitors include SIP and H.323-based services, such as Linphone, as well as the Google Talk service, Mumble and Hall.com.
Skype has 663 million registered users as of September 2011. The network is operated by Microsoft, which has its Skype division headquarters
in Luxembourg. Most of the development team and 44% of the overall employees of the division are situated in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia.
Unlike most other VoIP services, Skype is a hybrid peer-to-peer and clientserver system. It makes use of background processing on computers
running Skype software. Skype`s original proposed name (Sky Peer-to-Peer) reflects this fact. Some network administrators have banned Skype
on corporate, government, home, and education networks, citing reasons such as inappropriate usage of resources, excessive bandwidth usage,
and security concerns.
(Copy of the Vendor Homepage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype)
Abstract:
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The Vulnerability Laboratory Research Team discovered a high severity web session vulnerability in Microsofts Skype Account Service Application.
Report-Timeline:
================
2012-10-31:Researcher Notification & Coordination (VL - Benjamin Kunz Mejri)
2012-11-01:Vendor Notification (MSRC)
2012-11-01:Vendor Response/Feedback (MSRC)
2012-11-12:Vendor Fix/Patch (Skype)
2012-11-15:Public Disclosure (Vulnerability Laboratory)
Status:
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Published
Affected Products:
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Microsoft
Product: Skype Application & Software Account Service v2012 Q3
Exploitation-Technique:
=======================
Remote
Severity:
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High
Details:
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A session token protection bypass vulnerability is detected in Microsofts Skype WebServer Auth System Application.
The vulnerability allows remote attackers without privileged application account to bypass the token expire protection of
the skype account application system.
The high severity application vulnerability is located in the recovery account function of the skype account service application.
In the recovery notification mail function is a GET request as link which expires after 6hours. The bug is located in the reset
function when processing to load the token_expire parameter with value 1 (invalid). Attackers can change the stable url by using
a zero (0+ / +0) to bypass the checked token_expire value (parameter) to get a valid link with the expired session.
Successful exploitation of the remote vulnerability can result in session token_expire bypass to validate ago expired reset requests.
Vulnerable Service(s):
[+] Microsoft > Skype > https://login.skype.com/
Vulnerable Section(s):
[+] Account Application Service - https://login.skype.com/account
Vulnerable Module(s):
[+] Recovery/Reset Function - https://login.skype.com/intl/de/account/password-reset-request
Vulnerable Module(s):
[+] token_expired
Proof of Concept:
=================
The vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers without required user inter action and without privileged user account.
For demonstration or reproduce ...
Reset Account: (Mail Link)
https://api.skype.com/tracking/emails/click?m=7131000014602077951&go=account.changepassword&x=intcmp%3DT_140-_-H-_-311012-_-
account.changepassword%26token%3D621d8b0e773cc298a149a1b916118114%26application%3Daccount
which leads to the expired request with the already used session 6h+ ago ...
https://login.skype.com/intl/de/account/password-reset-request?token=621d8b0e773cc298a149a1b916118114&mode=&token_expired=1
It is only required to insert 0 (zero) in the GET/POST request make the session valid again. Replace token_expired=1 => token_expired=0
https://login.skype.com/intl/de/account/password-reset-request?token=621d8b0e773cc298a149a1b916118114&mode=&token_expired=(+)0
Video(PoC Demo):
[+] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrNj785QQlg
Solution:
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2012-11-12:Vendor Fix/Patch (Skype)
Risk:
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The security risk of the token protection bypass vulnerability is estimated as high.
Credits:
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Vulnerability Laboratory [Research Team] - Benjamin Kunz Mejri ([email protected])
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