Mahara up to 15.04.6/15.10.2 on PHP5 Session access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mahara up to 15.04.6/15.10.2 on PHP5. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Session Handler. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-1000152. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mahara up to 15.04.6/15.10.2 on PHP5 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown function of the component Session Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.7 and 15.10 before 15.10.3 running PHP 5.3 are vulnerable to one user being logged in as another user on a separate computer as the same session ID is served. This situation can occur when a user takes an action that forces another user to be logged out of Mahara, such as an admin changing another user's account settings.

The bug was discovered 10/21/2016. The weakness was released 11/03/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-1000152 since 11/02/2017. The exploitability is told to be difficult. 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 T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 378 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 15.04.7 or 15.10.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-109120, VDB-109119, VDB-109118 and VDB-109117. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mahara 15.04.7/15.10.3

Timelineinfo

10/21/2016 🔍
11/02/2017 +377 days 🔍
11/03/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/03/2017 +0 days 🔍
11/04/2017 +1 days 🔍
12/04/2019 +760 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.launchpad.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-1000152 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-1000152
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109116
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/04/2017 16:31
Updated: 12/04/2019 11:52
Changes: 11/04/2017 16:31 (61), 12/04/2019 11:52 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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