The Address Book 1.04e register.php mode privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in The Address Book 1.04e. This affects an unknown function of the file register.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument mode results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-4580. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in The Address Book 1.04e. This affects an unknown functionality of the file register.php. The manipulation of the argument mode 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

register.php in The Address Book 1.04e allows remote attackers to bypass the "Allow User Self-Registration" setting and create arbitrary users by setting the mode parameter to "confirm".

The weakness was shared 01/03/2007 with Secunia Research (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4580 since 09/06/2006. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:register.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 (31249), SecurityFocus (BID 21870†), OSVDB (32561†) and Secunia (SA21694†). The entries VDB-34121, VDB-34120, VDB-34118 and VDB-34117 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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

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Status: Unproven
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/06/2006 🔍
12/31/2006 +116 days 🔍
01/03/2007 +3 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +2989 days 🔍
09/29/2017 +932 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4580 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4580
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34119
X-Force: 31249 - The Address Book register.php script security bypass
SecurityFocus: 21870 - The Address Book Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21694 - The Address Book Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 32561 - The Address Book register.php Self-Registration Restriction Bypass

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 09/29/2017 09:02
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (55), 09/29/2017 09:02 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:535:103

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