Moodle up to 2.3.3 access control

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4.3$5k-$25k0.00

A vulnerability has been found in Moodle (Learning Management Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

grade/edit/outcome/edit_form.php in Moodle 1.9.x through 1.9.19, 2.1.x before 2.1.10, 2.2.x before 2.2.7, 2.3.x before 2.3.4, and 2.4.x before 2.4.1 does not properly enforce the moodle/grade:manage capability requirement, which allows remote authenticated users to convert custom outcomes into standard site-wide outcomes by leveraging the teacher role and using the re-editing feature.

The weakness was released 01/27/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at moodle.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-6098 since 12/06/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/25/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 63440, 63439 and 63438.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Remote: Yes

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12/06/2012 🔍
01/27/2013 +52 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +786 days 🔍
02/25/2019 +1434 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: moodle.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-6098 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/25/2019 07:31
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (45), 02/25/2019 07:31 (2)
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