Mahara up to 1.8.5/1.9.3/1.10.0/15.03.x Permission access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mahara up to 1.8.5/1.9.3/1.10.0/15.03.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Permission. This manipulation causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-1000134. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mahara up to 1.8.5/1.9.3/1.10.0/15.03.x (Content Management System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Permission. 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:

Mahara 1.8 before 1.8.6 and 1.9 before 1.9.4 and 1.10 before 1.10.1 and 15.04 before 15.04.0 are vulnerable because group members can lose access to the group files they uploaded if another group member changes the access permissions on them.

The bug was discovered 04/17/2015. The weakness was shared 11/03/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-1000134 since 11/02/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 931 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.8.6, 1.9.4, 1.10.1 or 15.04.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-109103, VDB-109102, VDB-109101 and VDB-109100 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• Mahara

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.8.0
• 1.8.1
• 1.8.2
• 1.8.3
• 1.8.4
• 1.8.5
• 1.9
• 1.9.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.9.2
• 1.9.3
• 1.10.0
• 15.03

License

• open-source

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