cPanel 11.40.1.13/11.42.1.15/11.43.0.11 Locales ACL privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in cPanel 11.40.1.13/11.42.1.15/11.43.0.11. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Locales ACL Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in cPanel 11.40.1.13/11.42.1.15/11.43.0.11 (Hosting Control Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Locales ACL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity.

The weakness was shared 05/26/2014 with cPanel as TSR-2014-2004 / Case 98121 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cpanel.net. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

The “local-edit” ACL listed in the WHM Edit Reseller Nameservers and Privileges interface was miscategorized under the “Global Privileges” grouping. This ACL should be listed under the “Super Privileges” grouping since the ACL allows the reseller to control the display of translations, including embedded HTML, in all cPanel & WHM interfaces.

Upgrading to version 11.40.1.14, 11.42.1.16 or 11.43.0.12 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries VDB-13380, VDB-13378, VDB-13377 and VDB-13376 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cPanel 11.40.1.14/11.42.1.16/11.43.0.12

Timelineinfo

05/26/2014 🔍
05/26/2014 +0 days 🔍
05/27/2014 +1 days 🔍
04/02/2019 +1771 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: TSR-2014-2004 / Case 98121
Organization: cPanel
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13379
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/27/2014 09:13
Updated: 04/02/2019 12:49
Changes: 05/27/2014 09:13 (43), 04/02/2019 12:49 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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