Pheap 2.0 settings.php access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pheap 2.0 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file settings.php. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-2985. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pheap 2.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file settings.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Pheap 2.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by setting a pheap_login cookie value to the administrator s username, which can be used to (1) obtain sensitive information, including the administrator password, via settings.php or (2) upload and execute arbitrary PHP code via an update_doc action in edit.php.

The weakness was released 05/29/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-2985 since 05/31/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as functional. 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:settings.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 (34592), Exploit-DB (4006), OSVDB (36737†) and Secunia (SA25460†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.2

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Functional
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/29/2007 🔍
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05/30/2007 +0 days 🔍
05/31/2007 +0 days 🔍
06/01/2007 +1 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +2844 days 🔍
09/19/2024 +3476 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-2985 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2985
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37076
X-Force: 34592 - Pheap edit.php code execution
Secunia: 25460
OSVDB: 36737 - Pheap pheap_login Cookie Administrator Authentication Bypass

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 09/19/2024 14:46
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (55), 09/03/2018 08:14 (3), 09/19/2024 14:46 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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