VDB-28008 · CVE-2005-4690 · BID 15302

Six Apart Movable Type 3.16

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Six Apart Movable Type 3.16. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-4690. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Six Apart Movable Type 3.16. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Six Apart Movable Type 3.16 allows local users with blog-creation privileges to create or overwrite arbitrary files of certain types (such as HTML and image files) by selecting an arbitrary directory as a blog s top-level directory. NOTE: this issue can be used in conjunction with CVE-2005-3102 to create or overwrite arbitrary files of all types.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2005 by Tim Brown with Brown (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-4690 since 01/31/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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 SecurityFocus (BID 15302†) and Secunia (SA16899†). See VDB-26457, VDB-26456, VDB-26455 and VDB-26454 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

09/22/2005 🔍
11/03/2005 +42 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +58 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +0 days 🔍
01/31/2006 +31 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3327 days 🔍
08/01/2017 +873 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Tim Brown
Organization: Brown
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4690 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4690
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28008
SecurityFocus: 15302 - Movable Type Arbitrary Blog Creation Path Vulnerability
Secunia: 16899 - Movable Type Multiple Weaknesses and Vulnerabilities, Less Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 08/01/2017 08:03
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (49), 08/01/2017 08:03 (6)
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