Debian Phpbb3 up to 3.0.11-3 Filesystem access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Debian Phpbb3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Filesystem. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-5724. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Debian Phpbb3 (Forum Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Filesystem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Phpbb3 before 3.0.11-4 for Debian GNU/Linux uses world-writable permissions for cache files, which allows local users to modify the file contents via standard filesystem write operations.

The weakness was released 09/12/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-5724. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69813 (Debian DSA-2752-1 : phpbb3 - permissions too wide), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 3.0.9-1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (69813), Secunia (SA54665†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41508†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Forum Software

Vendor

• Debian

Name

• Phpbb3

Version

• 3.0.0-1
• 3.0.0-2
• 3.0.0-b5
• 3.0.0-rc1
• 3.0.0-rc2-1
• 3.0.0-rc3-1
• 3.0.0-rc4-1
• 3.0.0-rc5-1
• 3.0.0-rc7-1
• 3.0.1-1
• 3.0.2-1
• 3.0.2-2
• 3.0.2-3
• 3.0.2-4
• 3.0.4-1
• 3.0.7-p1-1
• 3.0.7-p1-2
• 3.0.7-p1-3
• 3.0.7-p1-4
• 3.0.7-p1-5
• 3.0.9-1
• 3.0.10-1
• 3.0.10-2
• 3.0.11-1
• 3.0.11-2
• 3.0.11-3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.debian.org/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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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: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 69813
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2752-1 : phpbb3 - permissions too wide
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 892752
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2752-1 (phpbb3 - permissions too wide
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Phpbb3 3.0.9-1

Timelineinfo

09/08/2013 🔍
09/08/2013 +0 days 🔍
09/09/2013 +1 days 🔍
09/11/2013 +1 days 🔍
09/12/2013 +1 days 🔍
09/12/2013 +0 days 🔍
09/15/2013 +3 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +555 days 🔍
01/07/2022 +2481 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: debian.org

Advisory: DSA-2752
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2013-5724 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5724
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64901

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SecurityFocus: 62267
Secunia: 54665 - Debian update for phpbb3, Not Critical
Vulnerability Center: 41508 - Phpbb3 Before 3.0.11-4 Improper Permissions For Cache Files Allows Local File Access, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/07/2022 11:51
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (66), 05/11/2017 08:48 (4), 01/07/2022 11:36 (4), 01/07/2022 11:44 (1), 01/07/2022 11:51 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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