cPanel up to 68.0.14 Home-Directory Backup access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in cPanel up to 68.0.14. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Home-Directory Backup Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-18383. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in cPanel up to 68.0.14 (Hosting Control Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Home-Directory Backup Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

cPanel before 68.0.15 writes home-directory backups to an incorrect location (SEC-309).

The weakness was presented 08/02/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at documentation.cpanel.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-18383 since 07/31/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful 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.

Upgrading to version 68.0.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-139243, VDB-139244, VDB-139245 and VDB-139246 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cPanel 68.0.15

Timelineinfo

07/31/2019 🔍
08/02/2019 +2 days 🔍
08/02/2019 +0 days 🔍
07/18/2020 +351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2017-18383 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-18383
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-139283
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2019 22:17
Updated: 07/18/2020 16:41
Changes: 08/02/2019 22:17 (58), 07/18/2020 16:41 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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