Drupal 7.x Database Connection Error Message information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Drupal 7.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Database Connection Error Message Handler. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Drupal 7.x (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Database Connection Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was released 02/29/2012 by Sam Bowne with City College San Francisco as not defined tweet (Website). The advisory is shared for download at twitter.com. The public release happened without coordination with the vendor. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

A public exploit has been developed by Sam Bowne and been published immediately after the advisory. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of intitle:"Unable to connect to database server" Drupal 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 vulnerability database at OSVDB (79671†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Name

Drupal

Version

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://www.drupal.org/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Sam Bowne
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/29/2012 🔍
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03/02/2012 +2 days 🔍
04/01/2019 +2586 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: drupal.org

Advisory: twitter.com
Researcher: Sam Bowne
Organization: City College San Francisco
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4676
OSVDB: 79671

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/02/2012 01:00
Updated: 04/01/2019 11:15
Changes: 03/02/2012 01:00 (46), 04/01/2019 11:15 (2)
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