CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.2 | $0-$5k | 0.02 |
A vulnerability was found in SimpleSAMLphp up to 1.15.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component saml2 Library. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The XmlSecLibs library as used in the saml2 library in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.3 incorrectly verifies signatures on SAML assertions, allowing a remote attacker construct a crafted SAML assertion on behalf of an Identity Provider that would pass as cryptographically valid, thereby allowing them to impersonate a user from that Identity Provider, aka a key confusion issue.
The bug was discovered 02/26/2018. The weakness was disclosed 03/05/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at simplesamlphp.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-7644 since 03/02/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108615 (Fedora 27 : php-simplesamlphp-saml2_3 (2018-37e28670f2)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277670 (Fedora Security Update for php-simplesamlphp-saml2_3 (FEDORA-2018-f2097d8937)).
Upgrading to version 1.15.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (108615). The entries 112759 and 114100 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 108615
Nessus Name: Fedora 27 : php-simplesamlphp-saml2_3 (2018-37e28670f2)
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OpenVAS ID: 802334
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 4127-1 (simplesamlphp - security update)
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Upgrade: SimpleSAMLphp 1.15.3
Timeline
02/26/2018 🔍03/02/2018 🔍
03/05/2018 🔍
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02/16/2023 🔍
Sources
Advisory: FEDORA-2018-37e28670f2Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-7644 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 03/06/2018 07:51Updated: 02/16/2023 23:37
Changes: 03/06/2018 07:51 (75), 01/10/2020 15:45 (3), 02/16/2023 23:37 (4)
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