VDB-23456 · CVE-2004-2577 · BID 12237

phpGroupWare 0.9.16rc1/0.9.16rc2 htaccess acl_check information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in phpGroupWare 0.9.16rc1/0.9.16rc2 (Groupware Software). Affected by this issue is the function acl_check of the component htaccess. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The acl_check function in phpGroupWare 0.9.16RC2 always returns True, even when mkdir does not behave as expected, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via WebDAV from users home directories that lack .htaccess files, and possibly has other unknown impacts.

The weakness was released 01/13/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2577 since 11/28/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 23457, 23455, 23454 and 23453.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Remote: Yes

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01/13/2004 🔍
01/13/2004 +0 days 🔍
07/09/2004 +177 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +174 days 🔍
11/28/2005 +332 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3388 days 🔍
06/30/2018 +1209 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2577 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 12237 - PHPGroupWare ACL_Check Vulnerability
OSVDB: 7618 - phpGroupWare acl_check Failure

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 06/30/2018 09:09
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (50), 06/30/2018 09:09 (6)
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