VDB-71669 · CVE-2012-5487 · SBV-46126

Plone up to 1.0.5 Privileges whitelisting access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Plone up to 1.0.5 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function whitelisting of the component Privileges. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-5487. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Plone up to 1.0.5 (Content Management System). This issue affects the function whitelisting of the component Privileges. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The sandbox whitelisting function (allowmodule.py) in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to bypass the Python sandbox restriction and execute arbitrary Python code via vectors related to importing.

The weakness was shared 09/30/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at plone.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-5487 since 10/24/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Vulnerability Center (SBV-46126†). The entries VDB-11635, VDB-71688, VDB-71687 and VDB-71686 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Plone 1.0.6

Timelineinfo

10/24/2012 🔍
09/16/2014 +692 days 🔍
09/17/2014 +1 days 🔍
09/30/2014 +13 days 🔍
09/30/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2015 +177 days 🔍
06/06/2017 +803 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: plone.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-5487 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5487
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-71669
Vulnerability Center: 46126 - Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability due to Python Sandbox Restriction Bypass- CVE-2012-5487, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 16:14
Updated: 06/06/2017 08:28
Changes: 03/26/2015 16:14 (55), 06/06/2017 08:28 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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