cPanel 11.38.2/11.40.1/11.42.0 SSH Key information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in cPanel 11.38.2/11.40.1/11.42.0. This affects an unknown function of the component SSH Key Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in cPanel 11.38.2/11.40.1/11.42.0 (Hosting Control Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SSH Key Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. 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 weakness was disclosed 03/31/2014 as TSR 2014-0003 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at cpanel.net. 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 T1592. The advisory points out:

When the ‘extract_public’ option is specified to the ‘importsshkey’ WHM XML-API call, the provided private key was written to a world-readable temporary file. This allowed any user on the system to read the uploaded key.

Upgrading to version 11.42.0.23, 11.40.1.13 or 11.38.2.23 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (92253). The entries VDB-12792, VDB-12793, VDB-12794 and VDB-12795 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cPanel 11.42.0.23/11.40.1.13/11.38.2.23

Timelineinfo

03/31/2014 🔍
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04/07/2014 +7 days 🔍
04/01/2019 +1820 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: TSR 2014-0003
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12812
X-Force: 92253 - cPanel SSH key information disclosure, Low Risk

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/07/2014 10:02
Updated: 04/01/2019 09:22
Changes: 04/07/2014 10:02 (42), 04/01/2019 09:22 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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