ATutor up to 1.4.1 forum.inc.php addslashes privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ATutor up to 1.4.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file forum.inc.php. The manipulation of the argument addslashes leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-3405. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ATutor up to 1.4.1 (Learning Management Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file forum.inc.php. The manipulation of the argument addslashes 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

ATutor 1.4.1 through 1.5.1-pl1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP functions via a direct request to forum.inc.php with a modified addslashes parameter with either the (1) asc or (2) desc parameters set, possibly due to an eval injection vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 10/10/2005. The weakness was presented 10/27/2005 by Andreas Sandblad with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3405 since 11/01/2005. 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 as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 17 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:forum.inc.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20095 (ATutor < 1.5.1-pl1 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (XSS, RFI, Command Exe)), 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 (22896), Exploit-DB (26431), Tenable (20095), SecurityFocus (BID 15221†) and OSVDB (20344†). See VDB-26752, VDB-26751, VDB-83014 and VDB-83015 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 20095
Nessus Name: ATutor < 1.5.1-pl1 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (XSS, RFI, Command Exe)
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OpenVAS ID: 20095
OpenVAS Name: ATutor < 1.5.1-pl1 Multiple Flaws
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Andreas Sandblad
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3405 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3405
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26753
X-Force: 22896
SecurityFocus: 15221 - ATutor Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16915 - ATutor Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 20344 - ATutor forum.inc.php Arbitrary Command Execution
SecurityTracker: 1015165
Vulnerability Center: 9594 - Atutor 1.4.1 - 1.5.1-pl1 PHP File Inclusion via Direct Request to forum.inc.php, High
Vupen: ADV-2005-2228

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 03/25/2025 01:01
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (86), 06/11/2019 09:21 (1), 03/25/2025 01:01 (20)
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