Inedo BuildMaster up to 5.8.1 XslTransform privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Inedo BuildMaster up to 5.8.1. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function XslTransform. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-16521. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Inedo BuildMaster up to 5.8.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function XslTransform. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Inedo BuildMaster before 5.8.2, XslTransform was used where XslCompiledTransform should have been used.

The bug was discovered 11/01/2017. The weakness was published 11/10/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-16521 since 11/03/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. 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 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 5.8.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-109277, VDB-109276 and VDB-109274. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: BuildMaster 5.8.2
Patch: gitlab.com

Timelineinfo

11/01/2017 🔍
11/03/2017 +2 days 🔍
11/10/2017 +7 days 🔍
11/10/2017 +0 days 🔍
11/11/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/10/2023 +1886 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 4f4c737fefe44c3227535946f535fb7ef468d721
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-16521 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-16521
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109275
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/11/2017 09:29
Updated: 01/10/2023 08:48
Changes: 11/11/2017 09:29 (59), 12/05/2019 15:19 (1), 01/10/2023 08:48 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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