Drupal up to 7.15 access control

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A vulnerability was found in Drupal up to 7.15 (Content Management System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Drupal 7.x before 7.16 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and possibly re-install Drupal and execute arbitrary PHP code via an external database server, related to "transient conditions."

The weakness was shared 11/11/2012 by Heine Deelstra (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at drupalcode.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-4553 since 08/21/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62678 (Drupal 7.x < 7.16 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12797 (Drupal Core Arbitrary PHP Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities (SA-CORE-2012-003)).

Upgrading to version 7.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16457.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79411), Tenable (62678), SecurityFocus (BID 56103†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36888†). The entry VDB-62900 is related to this item.

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Content Management System

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Drupal

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open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 62678
Nessus Name: Drupal 7.x < 7.16 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 72617
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: drupal7
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Drupal 7.0
Patch: drupalcode.org
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Timelineinfo

08/21/2012 🔍
10/17/2012 +57 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +863 days 🔍
12/19/2021 +2462 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: drupal.org

Advisory: drupalcode.org
Researcher: Heine Deelstra
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-4553 (🔍)
X-Force: 79411
SecurityFocus: 56103 - Drupal Core Arbitrary PHP Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 36888 - Drupal 7.0 - 7.15 Remote PHP Code Execution and Information Disclosure Vulnerability via External Database Server, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22 PM
Updated: 12/19/2021 07:43 PM
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 PM (68), 04/20/2017 01:49 PM (5), 12/19/2021 07:35 PM (3), 12/19/2021 07:43 PM (1)
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