BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability was found in BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 (Application Server Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 8.1 SP4 and earlier, and 7.0 SP6 and earlier, might allow local users to gain privileges by using the run-as deployment descriptor element to change the privileges of a web application or EJB from the Deployer security role to the Admin security role.

The bug was discovered 10/12/2005. The weakness was released 12/31/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at dev2dev.bea.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4752 since 03/31/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 80 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 87192 (Oracle WebLogic Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEA05-85.00 through BEA05-99.00,BEA05-101.00,BEA05-104.00)).

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 (22569). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 1787, 28476, 28076 and 28075.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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10/10/2005 🔍
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10/12/2005 +2 days 🔍
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03/31/2006 +90 days 🔍
06/04/2006 +65 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3203 days 🔍
06/20/2019 +1561 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: dev2dev.bea.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4752 (🔍)
X-Force: 22569
Vulnerability Center: 11776 - BEA WebLogic Server \x26 Express Privileges Escalation via \x27run-as\x27, Medium
SecurityFocus: 15052 - BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17138
OSVDB: 20096 - CVE-2005-4752 - BEA - WebLogic Server - Privilege Escalation Issue

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Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/20/2019 07:39
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (60), 06/20/2019 07:39 (4)
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