Citadel Directory up to 6.14 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Citadel Directory up to 6.14. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1933. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Citadel Directory up to 6.14. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Citadel/UX 5.00 through 6.14 installs the database directory and files with world-read permissions, which could allow local users to bypass access controls and read unauthorized messages.

The weakness was published 04/12/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1933 since 05/04/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for 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.

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 (15850) and SecurityFocus (BID 10102†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/12/2004 🔍
04/12/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/12/2004 +0 days 🔍
05/04/2005 +387 days 🔍
10/15/2014 +3451 days 🔍
07/05/2017 +994 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1933 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1933
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21735
X-Force: 15850 - Citadel/UX database files have insecure permissions
SecurityFocus: 10102 - Citadel/UX Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2014 18:02
Updated: 07/05/2017 16:33
Changes: 10/15/2014 18:02 (48), 07/05/2017 16:33 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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