Open Meetings inc/mail.php PROJECT_ROOT privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Open Meetings and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file inc/mail.php. The manipulation of the argument PROJECT_ROOT leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-5517. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Open Meetings (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the file inc/mail.php. The manipulation of the argument PROJECT_ROOT with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 10/21/2006 by xoron (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5517. Technical details as well as 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 Mehmet Ince and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:inc/mail.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 (29978†) and Secunia (SA22503†). Similar entries are available at VDB-32955, VDB-84813 and VDB-84814. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: xoron
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5517 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5517
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84815
X-Force: 29773
SecurityFocus: 20656 - Open Meetings Filing Application Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22503
OSVDB: 29978 - Open Meetings Filing Application inc/mail.php PROJECT_ROOT Parameter Remote File Inclusion

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 20:06
Updated: 04/25/2026 12:53
Changes: 05/08/2016 20:06 (51), 11/27/2018 10:44 (3), 08/05/2022 22:28 (3), 08/05/2022 22:40 (7), 07/31/2024 08:27 (16), 04/25/2026 12:53 (1)
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