PTC Mathcad 12/13/13.1/14 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PTC Mathcad 12/13/13.1/14. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4600. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PTC Mathcad 12/13/13.1/14. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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:

The "Protect Worksheet" functionality in Mathsoft Mathcad 12 through 13.1, and PTC Mathcad 14, implements file access restrictions via a protection element in a gzipped XML file, which allows attackers to bypass these restrictions by removing this element.

The weakness was disclosed 10/18/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-4600 since 08/30/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as highly functional.

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 (37263) and OSVDB (43764†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Highly functional

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/30/2007 🔍
10/18/2007 +49 days 🔍
10/18/2007 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2008 +160 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2545 days 🔍
09/10/2018 +1274 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-4600 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4600
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39332
X-Force: 37263 - Mathcad XMCDZ worksheet protection security bypass
OSVDB: 43764 - Mathcad Protect Worksheet Functionality XML File Handling Access Restriction Bypass

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 09/10/2018 08:17
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (45), 09/10/2018 08:17 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:A13:103

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