CodeIgniter/Kohana Session Cookie cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in CodeIgniter and Kohana. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Session Cookie Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-8684. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in CodeIgniter and Kohana (the affected version unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Session Cookie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

CodeIgniter before 3.0 and Kohana 3.2.3 and earlier and 3.3.x through 3.3.2 make it easier for remote attackers to spoof session cookies and consequently conduct PHP object injection attacks by leveraging use of standard string comparison operators to compare cryptographic hashes.

The bug was discovered 03/02/2015. The weakness was presented 09/19/2017 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is available at seclists.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-8684 since 11/09/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 932 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (36264). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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MetaSploit ID: seagate_nas_php_exec_noauth.rb
MetaSploit Name: Seagate Business NAS Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

11/09/2014 🔍
03/02/2015 +113 days 🔍
09/19/2017 +932 days 🔍
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09/20/2017 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 130609
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-8684 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8684
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-106858
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 09/20/2017 23:07
Updated: 01/10/2025 12:19
Changes: 09/20/2017 23:07 (60), 11/17/2019 20:22 (1), 12/29/2022 14:04 (4), 01/10/2025 12:19 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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