Drupal 4.7.7/5.2 Access Restriction access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Drupal 4.7.7/5.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Access Restriction. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-5597. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Drupal 4.7.7/5.2 (Content Management System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The hook_comments API in Drupal 4.7.x before 4.7.8 and 5.x before 5.3 does not pass publication status, which might allow attackers to bypass access restrictions and trigger e-mail with unpublished comments from some modules, as demonstrated by (1) Organic groups and (2) Subscriptions.

The bug was discovered 10/17/2007. The weakness was released 10/19/2007 by Stefan Esser with Drupal Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-5597 since 10/19/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27783 (Fedora 7 : drupal-5.3-1.fc7 (2007-2649)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 5.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (37296), Tenable (27783), SecurityFocus (BID 26119†), OSVDB (39634†) and Secunia (SA27292†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-39380, VDB-39379, VDB-39378 and VDB-39377. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 27783
Nessus Name: Fedora 7 : drupal-5.3-1.fc7 (2007-2649)
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OpenVAS ID: 58778
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: drupal4
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Drupal 5.2

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10/18/2007 +1 days 🔍
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10/19/2007 +1 days 🔍
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10/28/2007 +4 days 🔍
11/06/2007 +9 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2687 days 🔍
07/29/2019 +1596 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: drupal.org

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Organization: Drupal Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-5597 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5597
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39381
X-Force: 37296
SecurityFocus: 26119 - Drupal Prior To 4.7.8 and 5.3 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27292
OSVDB: 39634 - CVE-2007-5597 - Drupal - Security Bypass Issue
Vulnerability Center: 16661 - Drupal 4.7-4.7.7 and 5-5.2 hook_comments API Disclosure of Sensitive Information, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3546

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Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/29/2019 09:44
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (80), 07/29/2019 09:44 (4)
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