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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Seafile Server and Server Professional Edition up to 3.1.1 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component ccnet User Account Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-5443. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Seafile Server and Server Professional Edition up to 3.1.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component ccnet User Account Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Seafile Server before 3.1.2 and Server Professional Edition before 3.1.0 allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to ccnet handling user accounts.

The bug was discovered 08/24/2014. The weakness was released 03/19/2018 by Henri Salo (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-5443 since 08/24/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. 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 1303 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 3.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 69360†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Seafile

Name

• Server
• Server Professional Edition

Version

• 3.1.0
• 3.1.1

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Server/Server Professional Edition 3.1.2

Timelineinfo

08/24/2014 🔍
08/24/2014 +0 days 🔍
08/24/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/19/2018 +1303 days 🔍
03/19/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/20/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/05/2021 +1053 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Researcher: Henri Salo
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-5443 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-5443
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114776
X-Force: 95458
SecurityFocus: 69360 - Seafile Server CVE-2014-5443 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2018 07:17
Updated: 02/05/2021 13:33
Changes: 03/20/2018 07:17 (61), 01/14/2020 22:51 (4), 02/05/2021 13:33 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:215:103

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