PgpoolAdmin up to 4.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in PgpoolAdmin up to 4.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-16203. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PgpoolAdmin up to 4.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. 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:

PgpoolAdmin 4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the login authentication and obtain the administrative privilege of the PostgreSQL database via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 12/21/2018. The weakness was disclosed 01/09/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at jvn.jp. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-16203 since 08/30/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. 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 19 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/30/2018 🔍
12/21/2018 +113 days 🔍
01/09/2019 +19 days 🔍
01/09/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/10/2019 +1 days 🔍
04/27/2020 +473 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jvn.jp
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-16203 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-16203
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-128912

Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2019 20:54
Updated: 04/27/2020 18:29
Changes: 01/10/2019 20:54 (55), 04/27/2020 18:29 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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