Horde Kronolith H3 up to 2.1.4 privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Horde Kronolith H3 up to 2.1.4 (Groupware Software). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Horde API in Horde 3.1 before 3.1.6 and 3.2 before 3.2 before 3.2-RC2; Turba H3 2.1 before 2.1.6 and 2.2 before 2.2-RC2; Kronolith H3 2.1 before 2.1.7 and H3 2.2 before 2.2-RC2; Nag H3 2.1 before 2.1.4 and 2.2 before 2.2-RC2; Mnemo H3 2.1 before 2.1.2 and 2.2 before 2.2-RC2; Horde Groupware 1.0 before 1.0.3 and 1.1 before 1.1-RC2; and Groupware Webmail Edition 1.0 before 1.0.4 and 1.1 before 1.1-RC2 has unknown impact and attack vectors.

The weakness was presented 01/09/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.horde.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-7218 since 09/13/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/21/2019). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31367 (Fedora 7 : kronolith-2.1.7-1.fc7 (2008-2212)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 2.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability. It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be adding authentication. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39599) and Tenable (31367). See 40492 and 49994 for similar entries.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 31367
Nessus Name: Fedora 7 : kronolith-2.1.7-1.fc7 (2008-2212)
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OpenVAS ID: 860386
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Authentication
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Upgrade: Kronolith H3 2.1.5

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04/21/2019 +1495 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: horde.org

Advisory: lists.horde.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-7218 (🔍)
X-Force: 39599
SecurityFocus: 27217 - Horde Products Multiple Unspecified Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28382 - Multiple Horde Products Security Bypass, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 42775 - Horde Multiple Products API Unspecified Privilege Escalation

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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/21/2019 18:46
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (74), 04/21/2019 18:46 (2)
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