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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Best Practical RTFM up to 2.4.3 (Ticket Tracking Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:
FAQ manager for Request Tracker (RTFM) before 2.4.5 does not properly check user rights, which allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary articles in arbitrary classes via unknown vectors.
The weakness was presented 11/11/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-4731 since 08/29/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple 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 62723 (Debian DSA-2568-1 : rtfm - privilege escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks.
Upgrading to version 2.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79609) and Tenable (62723).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1
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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 62723
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2568-1 : rtfm - privilege escalation
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OpenVAS ID: 72563
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2568-1 (rtfm)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: RTFM 2.2.2
Timeline
08/29/2012 🔍10/25/2012 🔍
10/26/2012 🔍
10/29/2012 🔍
11/06/2012 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: DSA-2568Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2012-4731 (🔍)
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X-Force: 79609
Vulnerability Center: 36990 - Best Practical Solutions RT Security Bypass - CVE-2012-4731, Medium
SecurityFocus: 56291 - RT and RT RTFM Extension Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 51062
Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 12:22Updated: 12/19/2021 21:05
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (66), 04/20/2017 14:14 (5), 12/19/2021 20:51 (3), 12/19/2021 20:58 (1), 12/19/2021 21:05 (2)
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