Paul Kulchenko SOAP::Lite up to 0.52 AUTOLOAD privileges management

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Paul Kulchenko SOAP::Lite up to 0.52. This vulnerability affects the function AUTOLOAD. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2002-1742. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Paul Kulchenko SOAP::Lite up to 0.52. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function AUTOLOAD. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

SOAP::Lite 0.50 through 0.52 allows remote attackers to load arbitrary Perl functions by suppling a non-existent function in a script using a SOAP::Lite module, which causes the AUTOLOAD subroutine to trigger.

The weakness was published 12/31/2002 by SegFault (Website). The advisory is shared at soaplite.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1742 since 06/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8838) and SecurityFocus (BID 4493†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Paul Kulchenko

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• SOAP::Lite

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
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• 0.9
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• 0.31
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• 0.33
• 0.34
• 0.35
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• 0.38
• 0.39
• 0.40
• 0.41
• 0.42
• 0.43
• 0.44
• 0.45
• 0.46
• 0.47
• 0.48
• 0.49
• 0.50
• 0.51
• 0.52

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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