Mahara up to 17.10.7/18.04.3/18.10.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mahara up to 17.10.7/18.04.3/18.10.0. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2019-9708. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mahara up to 17.10.7/18.04.3/18.10.0 (Content Management System). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Mahara 17.10 before 17.10.8, 18.04 before 18.04.4, and 18.10 before 18.10.1. A site administrator can suspend the system user (root), causing all users to be locked out from the system.

The bug was discovered 04/30/2019. The weakness was disclosed 05/07/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-9708 since 03/11/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A 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 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 17.10.8, 18.04.4 or 18.10.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.7
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mahara 17.10.8/18.04.4/18.10.1

Timelineinfo

03/11/2019 🔍
04/30/2019 +50 days 🔍
05/07/2019 +7 days 🔍
05/08/2019 +1 days 🔍
06/07/2020 +396 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.launchpad.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-9708 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-9708
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-134472
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2019 07:35
Updated: 06/07/2020 18:38
Changes: 05/08/2019 07:35 (58), 06/07/2020 18:38 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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