Metadot Portal Server up to 6.4.4 is_owner Privilege Escalation
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Metadot Portal Server up to 6.4.4. It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument is_owner
with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the $IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, and $IS_MANAGER global variables when performing checks for special privileges, which allows users to gain administrator privileges by adding themselves to the SITE_MGR group.
The bug was discovered 11/25/2005. The weakness was shared 12/20/2005 by Gerry Chng (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-4458 since 12/21/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. Technical details and a exploit are known. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/04/2017).
After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 25 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.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (23847).
Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.3
VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.3
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Exploiting
Class: Privilege EscalationCWE: Unknown
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
11/25/2005 🔍12/20/2005 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Researcher: Gerry Chng
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-4458 (🔍)
X-Force: 23847 - Metadot Portal Server administrative privileges
SecurityFocus: 15975 - MetaDot Portal Server Site_Mgr Group Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 18137 - Metadot Portal Server "Group.pm" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 22014 - Metadot Portal Server Group.pm Variable Manipulation Privilege Escalation
Vupen: ADV-2005-3030
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 11:11Updated: 08/04/2017 08:34
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (57), 08/04/2017 08:34 (8)
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