Foreman LDAP Authentication Password 7pk security

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A vulnerability was found in Foreman (Service Management Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component LDAP Authentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability (Password). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-254. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The LDAP Authentication functionality in Foreman might allow remote attackers with knowledge of old passwords to gain access via vectors involving the password lifetime period in Active Directory.

The bug was discovered 08/31/2015. The weakness was published 10/06/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at projects.theforeman.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-5246 since 07/01/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1211 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 767 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.7
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: 7pk security / Password
CWE: CWE-254
ATT&CK: T1211

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/01/2015 🔍
08/31/2015 +61 days 🔍
10/06/2017 +767 days 🔍
10/06/2017 +0 days 🔍
10/07/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/03/2023 +1914 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 11471
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-5246 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 10/07/2017 12:18
Updated: 01/03/2023 06:54
Changes: 10/07/2017 12:18 (57), 11/22/2019 17:23 (2), 01/03/2023 06:54 (3)
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