Moodle up to 1.9.6 User Account information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Moodle up to 1.9.6. Impacted is an unknown function of the component User Account. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-4298. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Moodle up to 1.9.6 (Learning Management Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component User Account. 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 summary by CVE is:

The LAMS module (mod/lams) for Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 stores the (1) username, (2) firstname, and (3) lastname fields within the user table, which allows attackers to obtain user account information via unknown vectors.

The weakness was published 12/15/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-4298 since 12/11/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44850 (Debian DSA-1986-1 : moodle - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165156 (SUSE Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2010:004)).

Upgrading to version 1.9.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54990), Tenable (44850), SecurityFocus (BID 37244†), Secunia (SA37614†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24846†). Similar entries are available at VDB-51473, VDB-51472, VDB-51245 and VDB-51223. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 44850
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1986-1 : moodle - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 66807
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1986-1 (moodle)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Moodle 1.9.3

Timelineinfo

11/26/2009 🔍
12/02/2009 +6 days 🔍
12/08/2009 +6 days 🔍
12/11/2009 +3 days 🔍
12/15/2009 +4 days 🔍
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02/16/2010 +63 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1856 days 🔍
08/28/2021 +2355 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-4298 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4298
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51155

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X-Force: 54990
SecurityFocus: 37244 - Moodle Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 37614 - Moodle Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 24846 - Moodle Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-3455

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/28/2021 17:56
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (63), 02/21/2017 08:05 (14), 08/28/2021 17:56 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:78E:103

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