cPanel 9.4.1 R64 Hard Link privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in cPanel 9.4.1 R64. This affects an unknown function of the component Hard Link Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-1603. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in cPanel 9.4.1 R64 (Hosting Control Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Hard Link Handler. 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 confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

cPanel 9.4.1-RELEASE-64 follows hard links, which allows local users to (1) read arbitrary files via the backup feature or (2) chown arbitrary files via the .htaccess file when Front Page extensions are enabled or disabled.

The bug was discovered 10/18/2004. The weakness was presented 10/18/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1603 since 02/20/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. 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.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15515 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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 (17780), Tenable (15515), SecurityFocus (BID 11455†), OSVDB (10960†) and Secunia (SA12865†). See VDB-22264 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Nessus ID: 15515
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1603 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1603
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22283
X-Force: 17780
SecurityFocus: 11455 - cPanel Front Page Extension Installation File Ownership Vulnerability
Secunia: 12865 - cPanel Manipulation and Disclosure of Sensitive information Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 10960 - cPanel Backup Feature Hardlink Arbitrary File Access
Vulnerability Center: 5650 - cPanel 9.4.1 r64 Allows Information Disclosure and Permission Modification, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:20
Updated: 06/05/2019 00:28
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:20 (68), 06/05/2019 00:28 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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