CoreNews 2.0.1 Core show privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in CoreNews 2.0.1 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Core. Performing a manipulation of the argument show results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-2033. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in CoreNews 2.0.1. This affects an unknown part of the component Core. The manipulation of the argument show 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, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in Core CoreNews 2.0.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via the show parameter. NOTE: this is a different vector than CVE-2006-1212, although it might be the same primary issue.

The weakness was disclosed 04/25/2006 by Mustafa Can Bjorn (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-2033 since 04/25/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (25979) and SecurityFocus (BID 17655†). The entry VDB-29906 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/22/2006 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3243 days 🔍
07/25/2018 +1231 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Mustafa Can Bjorn
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2033 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2033
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29907
X-Force: 25979 - CoreNews index.php \
SecurityFocus: 17655 - CoreNews Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

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

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/25/2018 08:18
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (51), 07/25/2018 08:18 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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