CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in CodeAvalanche Directory (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
CodeAvalanche Directory stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file containing the administrator password via a direct request for _private/CADirectory.mdb. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
The weakness was published 01/12/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-5898 since 01/12/2009. 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 are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
A public exploit has been developed by Pouya_Server and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 28 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 databases at X-Force (47353) and Exploit-DB (7468). Similar entries are available at 45990, 45857, 45856 and 45854.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Pouya_Server
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Timeline
12/14/2008 🔍12/14/2008 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-5898 (🔍)
X-Force: 47353 - CodeAvalanche Directory CADirectory.mdb information disclosure
Secunia: 33100
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 05/03/2019 11:17
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (50), 05/03/2019 11:17 (7)
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