XAMPP up to 7.2.28/7.3.15/7.4.3 on Windows xampp-contol.ini privileges management

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in XAMPP up to 7.2.28/7.3.15/7.4.3 on Windows. Impacted is an unknown function of the file xampp-contol.ini. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-11107. The attack is restricted to local execution. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in XAMPP up to 7.2.28/7.3.15/7.4.3 on Windows and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file xampp-contol.ini. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in XAMPP before 7.2.29, 7.3.x before 7.3.16 , and 7.4.x before 7.4.4 on Windows. An unprivileged user can change a .exe configuration in xampp-contol.ini for all users (including admins) to enable arbitrary command execution.

The weakness was disclosed 04/02/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at apachefriends.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-11107 since 03/30/2020. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:xampp-contol.ini it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 7.2.29, 7.3.16 or 7.4.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (50337). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• XAMPP

Version

• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5
• 7.2.6
• 7.2.7
• 7.2.8
• 7.2.9
• 7.2.10
• 7.2.11
• 7.2.12
• 7.2.13
• 7.2.14
• 7.2.15
• 7.2.16
• 7.2.17
• 7.2.18
• 7.2.19
• 7.2.20
• 7.2.21
• 7.2.22
• 7.2.23
• 7.2.24
• 7.2.25
• 7.2.26
• 7.2.27
• 7.2.28
• 7.3.0
• 7.3.1
• 7.3.2
• 7.3.3
• 7.3.4
• 7.3.5
• 7.3.6
• 7.3.7
• 7.3.8
• 7.3.9
• 7.3.10
• 7.3.11
• 7.3.12
• 7.3.13
• 7.3.14
• 7.3.15
• 7.4.0
• 7.4.1
• 7.4.2
• 7.4.3

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