CVE-2005-4458

Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the $IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, and $IS_MANAGER global variables when performing checks for special privileges, which allows users to gain administrator privileges by adding themselves to the SITE_MGR group.

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.0 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-12-21

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Metadot Portal Server (Metadot)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1012.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18137
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/287
• http://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=2632
• http://www.osvdb.org/22014
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420002/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15975
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3030
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23847