cPanel WHM up to 11.36.0.9 Temporary File race condition

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A vulnerability was found in cPanel WHM up to 11.36.0.9 (Hosting Control Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Temporary File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity.

The weakness was shared 03/01/2013 by Jeff Petersen with cPanel Inc. as Case 63678 as not defined bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cpanel.net. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 11.36.0.10 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries 10122 and 10123 are related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

Hosting Control Software

Name

cPanel WHM

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cPanel WHM 11.36.0.10

Timelineinfo

03/01/2013 🔍
03/01/2013 +0 days 🔍
09/05/2013 +188 days 🔍
03/21/2019 +2023 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Case 63678
Researcher: Jeff Petersen
Organization: cPanel Inc.
Status: Not defined
OSVDB: 96852

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/05/2013 13:31
Updated: 03/21/2019 15:42
Changes: 09/05/2013 13:31 (45), 03/21/2019 15:42 (2)
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Committer: olku