Mahara up to 15.04.12/16.04.6/16.10.3/17.04.1 Log Password information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mahara up to 15.04.12/16.04.6/16.10.3/17.04.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Log Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (Password). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-1000157. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mahara up to 15.04.12/16.04.6/16.10.3/17.04.1 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Log Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Password). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.13 and 16.04 before 16.04.7 and 16.10 before 16.10.4 and 17.04 before 17.04.2 are vulnerable to recording plain text passwords in the event_log table during the user creation process if full event logging was turned on.

The bug was discovered 05/25/2017. The weakness was released 11/03/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.launchpad.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-1000157 since 11/02/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 162 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 15.04.13, 16.04.7, 16.10.4 or 17.04.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-109120, VDB-109119, VDB-109118 and VDB-109117. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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NVD Base Score: 4.4
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Information disclosure / Password
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Mahara 15.04.13/16.04.7/16.10.4/17.04.2

Timelineinfo

05/25/2017 🔍
11/02/2017 +161 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-2017-1000157 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-1000157
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109121
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/04/2017 16:32
Updated: 12/04/2019 13:27
Changes: 11/04/2017 16:32 (61), 12/04/2019 13:27 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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