BEA WebLogic 7.0/8.1 Group Creation administrative Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in BEA WebLogic 7.0/8.1 (Application Server Software). Affected is an unknown part of the file administrative of the component Group Creation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The WebLogic Authentication provider for BEA WebLogic Server and WebLogic Express 8.1 through SP2 and 7.0 through SP4 does not properly clear member relationships when a group is deleted, which can cause a new group with the same name to have the members of the old group, which allows group members to gain privileges.

The bug was discovered 04/13/2004. The weakness was disclosed 04/13/2004 with Bea Systems (Website). The advisory is shared for download at dev2dev.bea.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0715 since 07/20/2004. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Windows Binary (com) and been published 2 years after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at beasys.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 7.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ftpna.beasys.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (15861). The entries 613 and 81994 are pretty similar.

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Exploitinginfo

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

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Upgrade: WebLogic 7.0
Patch: ftpna.beasys.com

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04/13/2004 🔍
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04/14/2004 +1 days 🔍
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05/02/2004 +18 days 🔍
06/20/2004 +49 days 🔍
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04/13/2005 +260 days 🔍
05/24/2005 +41 days 🔍
06/28/2019 +5147 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: dev2dev.bea.com
Researcher: http://www.beasys.com
Organization: Bea Systems
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0715 (🔍)
X-Force: 15861 - BEA WebLogic Server and Express Authentication provider allows elevated privileges, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1009763
Vulnerability Center: 4562 - BEA WebLogic Server and Express versions 8.1, 7.0 Allow Gaining Administrative Privileges, High
SecurityFocus: 10130 - BEA WebLogic Authentication Provider Privilege Inheritance Vulnerability
Secunia: 11356 - BEA WebLogic Group Membership Security Issue, Not Critical
OSVDB: 16841 - BEA WebLogic Authentication Provider Unspecified Privilege Escalation

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2004 16:19
Updated: 06/28/2019 09:58
Changes: 04/14/2004 16:19 (92), 06/28/2019 09:58 (1)
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