postnuke user.php Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in postnuke. This affects an unknown part of the file user.php. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2596. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in postnuke (Content Management System) (version now known). This issue affects some unknown processing of the file user.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

user.php in gallery as used in postnuke allows users with any admin privileges to gain access to all galleries.

The bug was discovered 08/11/2005. The weakness was shared 08/17/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2596 since 08/17/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:user.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19419 (Gallery PostNuke Integration Access Validation Privilege Escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9780), Tenable (19419), SecurityFocus (BID 14547†), OSVDB (18684†) and Secunia (SA16389†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 19419
Nessus Name: Gallery PostNuke Integration Access Validation Privilege Escalation
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OpenVAS ID: 55793
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 879-1 (gallery)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/11/2005 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3493 days 🔍
06/08/2019 +1550 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2596 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2596
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26039
X-Force: 9780
SecurityFocus: 14547 - Gallery PostNuke Integration Access Validation Vulnerability
Secunia: 16389
OSVDB: 18684 - Gallery - PostNuke Integration - Access Validation Issue
Vulnerability Center: 8909 - Gallery PostNuke Access Validation Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/08/2019 10:54
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (66), 06/08/2019 10:54 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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