Moodle up to 1.9.6 information disclosure

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A vulnerability has been found in Moodle up to 1.9.6 (Learning Management Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 stores (1) password hashes and (2) unspecified "secrets" in backup files, which might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information.

The weakness was published 12/15/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-4303 since 12/11/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44850 (Debian DSA-1986-1 : moodle - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165156 (SUSE Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2010:004)).

Upgrading to version 1.9.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54708) and Tenable (44850). Similar entries are available at 51473, 51472, 51245 and 51223.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 44850
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1986-1 : moodle - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 66807
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1986-1 (moodle)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Moodle 1.9.3

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12/08/2009 🔍
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12/15/2009 +4 days 🔍
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02/16/2010 +63 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1856 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: vupen.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-4303 (🔍)
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X-Force: 54708
Vulnerability Center: 24850 - Moodle Remote Password Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 37244
Secunia: 37614 - Moodle Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-3455

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/28/2021 18:39
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (61), 02/21/2017 08:07 (12), 08/28/2021 18:39 (3)
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