Mahara up to 21.04.6/21.10.4/22.04.2/22.9.x on Ubuntu PDF Export privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mahara up to 21.04.6/21.10.4/22.04.2/22.9.x on Ubuntu and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component PDF Export. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-44544. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mahara up to 21.04.6/21.10.4/22.04.2/22.9.x on Ubuntu (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component PDF Export. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mahara 21.04 before 21.04.7, 21.10 before 21.10.5, 22.04 before 22.04.3, and 22.10 before 22.10.0 potentially allow a PDF export to trigger a remote shell if the site is running on Ubuntu and the flag -dSAFER is not set with Ghostscript.

The weakness was shared 11/06/2022. The advisory is available at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-44544 since 11/01/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 21.04.7, 21.10.5, 22.04.3 or 22.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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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 21.04.7/21.10.5/22.04.3/22.10.0

Timelineinfo

11/01/2022 🔍
11/06/2022 +5 days 🔍
11/06/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/03/2025 +909 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.launchpad.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-44544 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-44544
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-213014

Entryinfo

Created: 11/06/2022 22:31
Updated: 05/03/2025 05:45
Changes: 11/06/2022 22:31 (39), 05/03/2025 05:45 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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