cPanel up to 78.0.1 Passenger adminbin information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in cPanel up to 78.0.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component Passenger adminbin. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2019-14409. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in cPanel up to 78.0.1 (Hosting Control Software). This affects an unknown code of the component Passenger adminbin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

cPanel before 78.0.2 allows arbitrary file-read operations via Passenger adminbin (SEC-466).

The weakness was disclosed 07/30/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at documentation.cpanel.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-14409 since 07/29/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 78.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-139007, VDB-139008, VDB-139009 and VDB-139010 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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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: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cPanel 78.0.2

Timelineinfo

07/29/2019 🔍
07/30/2019 +1 days 🔍
07/31/2019 +1 days 🔍
07/16/2020 +351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: documentation.cpanel.net
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2019-14409 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-14409
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-139017
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2019 09:17
Updated: 07/16/2020 09:27
Changes: 07/31/2019 09:17 (57), 07/16/2020 09:27 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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