Mail2Forum m2f_cron.php m2f_root_path privileges management

HistoryDiffrelatejsonxmlCTI

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.0	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mail2Forum and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the file m2f_cron.php. This manipulation of the argument m2f_root_path causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-3735. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mail2Forum (Forum Software) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file m2f_cron.php. The manipulation of the argument m2f_root_path with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/17/2006 by OLiBekaS (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3735. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by OLiBekaS and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:m2f_cron.php 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 databases at X-Force (27788), Exploit-DB (2019), SecurityFocus (BID 19038†), OSVDB (27357†) and Secunia (SA21083†). The entries VDB-31436, VDB-84365 and VDB-84366 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Forum Software

Name

Mail2Forum

CPE 2.3info

🔍

CPE 2.2info

🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: OLiBekaS
Download: 🔍
Google Hack: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Exploit-DB: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

07/17/2006 🔍
07/17/2006 +0 days 🔍
07/17/2006 +0 days 🔍
07/18/2006 +0 days 🔍
07/18/2006 +0 days 🔍
07/18/2006 +0 days 🔍
07/19/2006 +0 days 🔍
05/08/2016 +3581 days 🔍
07/07/2024 +2982 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Researcher: OLiBekaS
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3735 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3735
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84367
X-Force: 27788
SecurityFocus: 19038 - Mail2Forum Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21083 - phpBB Mail2Forum Module "m2f_root_path" File Inclusion, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27357 - Mail2Forum for phpBB m2f_cron.php m2f_root_path Parameter Remote File Inclusion

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

Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 19:53
Updated: 07/07/2024 03:33
Changes: 05/08/2016 19:53 (53), 12/05/2018 08:32 (5), 08/03/2022 01:37 (3), 08/03/2022 01:44 (7), 07/07/2024 03:33 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103