VDB-102564 · CVE-2017-9505 · BID 99086

Atlassian Confluence up to 6.2.0 Workbox Notification Comment information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Atlassian Confluence up to 6.2.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Workbox Notification Handler. The manipulation results in information disclosure (Comment). This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2017-9505. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Atlassian Confluence up to 6.2.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component Workbox Notification Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Comment). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Atlassian Confluence starting with 4.3.0 before 6.2.1 did not check if a user had permission to view a page when creating a workbox notification about new comments. An attacker who can login to Confluence could receive workbox notifications, which contain the content of comments, for comments added to a page after they started watching it even if they do not have permission to view the page itself.

The bug was discovered 10/29/2018. The weakness was shared 06/15/2017 with SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab (Website). The advisory is shared for download at jira.atlassian.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-9505 since 06/07/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 13245 (Atlassian Confluence Server Access Restriction Bypass Vulnerability (CONFSERVER-52560)).

Upgrading to version 4.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 99086†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Comment
Class: Information disclosure / Comment
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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OpenVAS ID: 103228
OpenVAS Name: Atlassian Confluence CVE-2017-9505 Security Bypass Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Confluence 4.3.0

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06/07/2017 🔍
06/15/2017 +8 days 🔍
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06/16/2017 +1 days 🔍
10/29/2018 +500 days 🔍
12/28/2020 +791 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: atlassian.com

Advisory: jira.atlassian.com
Researcher: Mathias Frank
Organization: SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-9505 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-9505
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-102564
SecurityFocus: 99086 - Atlassian Confluence CVE-2017-9505 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2017 03:53
Updated: 12/28/2020 20:58
Changes: 06/16/2017 03:53 (67), 10/18/2019 11:22 (5), 12/28/2020 20:58 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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