Open Meetings email/session.php PROJECT_ROOT privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Open Meetings. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file email/session.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument PROJECT_ROOT results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-5517. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Open Meetings (affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the file email/session.php. The manipulation of the argument PROJECT_ROOT with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 10/21/2006 by xoron (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5517. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Mehmet Ince and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:email/session.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 (29773), Exploit-DB (2609), SecurityFocus (BID 20656†), OSVDB (29976†) and Secunia (SA22503†). See VDB-32955, VDB-84814 and VDB-84815 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Mehmet Ince
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Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: xoron
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5517 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5517
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84813
X-Force: 29773
SecurityFocus: 20656 - Open Meetings Filing Application Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22503
OSVDB: 29976 - Open Meetings Filing Application email/session.php PROJECT_ROOT Parameter Remote File Inclusion

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 05/08/2016 20:06
Updated: 07/31/2024 04:38
Changes: 05/08/2016 20:06 (51), 11/27/2018 10:43 (3), 08/05/2022 21:47 (3), 08/05/2022 21:58 (7), 07/31/2024 04:38 (16)
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