VDB-32219 · CVE-2006-4717 · BID 19920

Drupal Drupal Pubcookie Module up to 4.6 authentication spoofing

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A vulnerability was found in Drupal Drupal Pubcookie Module up to 4.6 (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The login redirection mechanism in the Drupal 4.7 Pubcookie module before 1.2.2.4 2006/09/06 and the Drupal 4.6 Pubcookie module before 1.6.2.1 2006/09/07 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication requirements and spoof identities of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 09/08/2006. The weakness was shared 09/08/2006 by Eric Drechsel (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at drupal.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4717 since 09/12/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22342 (FreeBSD : drupal-pubcookie -- authentication may be bypassed (c0fd7890-4346-11db-89cc-000ae42e9b93)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 4.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (22342).

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Nessus ID: 22342
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : drupal-pubcookie -- authentication may be bypassed (c0fd7890-4346-11db-89cc-000ae42e9b93)
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OpenVAS ID: 57376
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: drupal-pubcookie
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Upgrade: Drupal Pubcookie Module 4.7

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Vendor: drupal.org

Advisory: drupal.org
Researcher: Eric Drechsel
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-4717 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 12706 - Drupal Login Spoofing Vulnerability in Pubcookie Module, High
SecurityFocus: 19920 - Drupal Pubcookie.Module Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 21811 - Drupal Pubcookie Module Login Security Bypass, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 28623 - Drupal Pubcookie Module Authentication Bypass
Vupen: ADV-2006-3530

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Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 06/25/2019 12:53
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (83), 06/25/2019 12:53 (2)
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