VDB-19347 · CVE-2002-1704 · XFDB 9366

Zeroboard 4.1 Pl2 _zb_path privileges management

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.3	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Zeroboard 4.1 Pl2 (Forum Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument _zb_path with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Zeroboard 4.1, when the "allow_url_fopen" and "register_globals" variables are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by modifying the _zb_path parameter to reference a URL on a remote web server that contains the code.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1704 since 06/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (9366). The entries VDB-24438, VDB-25412, VDB-29192 and VDB-30865 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

Forum Software

Name

Zeroboard

Version

4.1 Pl2

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

06/15/2002 🔍
12/31/2002 +199 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/21/2005 +903 days 🔍
08/04/2014 +3331 days 🔍
06/09/2018 +1405 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1704 (🔍)
X-Force: 9366 - Zeroboard allows remote attacker to include remote PHP files
SecurityFocus: 5028

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 16:31
Updated: 06/09/2018 11:06
Changes: 08/04/2014 16:31 (46), 06/09/2018 11:06 (6)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 18:89B:103