Moodle up to 1.9.6 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Moodle up to 1.9.6. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2009-4300. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Moodle up to 1.9.6 (Learning Management Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified authentication plugins in Moodle 1.8 before 1.8.11 and 1.9 before 1.9.7 store the MD5 hashes for passwords in the user table, even when the cached hashes are not used by the plugin, which might make it easier for attackers to obtain credentials via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 12/15/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-4300 since 12/11/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43119 (Fedora 10 : moodle-1.9.7-1.fc10 (2009-13040)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora 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 (54705), Tenable (43119), SecurityFocus (BID 37244†), Secunia (SA37614†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24893†). The entries VDB-51473, VDB-51472, VDB-51245 and VDB-51223 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 43119
Nessus Name: Fedora 10 : moodle-1.9.7-1.fc10 (2009-13040)
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OpenVAS ID: 66502
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 12 FEDORA-2009-13065 (moodle)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Moodle 1.9.3

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12/02/2009 🔍
12/02/2009 +0 days 🔍
12/08/2009 +6 days 🔍
12/11/2009 +3 days 🔍
12/15/2009 +4 days 🔍
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02/22/2010 +69 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1850 days 🔍
08/28/2021 +2355 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: moodle.org

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-4300 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4300
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51157
X-Force: 54705
SecurityFocus: 37244 - Moodle Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 37614 - Moodle Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 24893 - Moodle 1.8 - 1.8.10 and 1.9 - 1.9.6 MD5 Hashes Remote Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-3455

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/28/2021 18:17
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (62), 02/21/2017 17:11 (13), 08/28/2021 18:17 (3)
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