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...
HighCVSS 9.0
EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| metadot portal server | = 5.5.2.1 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 5.6.4 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 5.6.4.1 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 5.6.4.2 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 5.6.4.3 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 5.6.5 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 5.6.5.1 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 5.6.5.2 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 5.6.5.3 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 5.6.5.3.1 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 5.6.5.4b5 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 5.6.6 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 6.4 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 6.4.1 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 6.4.2 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 6.4.3 | No fix listed |
| metadot portal server | = 6.4.4 | No fix listed |
References
- 20051220 Vulnerability in Metadot portal server allows users to gain administrative privileges mailing-list patch vendor-advisory
- 18137 third-party-advisory
- 287 third-party-advisory
- www.metadot.com
- 22014 vdb-entry
- 20051220 Vulnerability in Metadot portal server allows users to gain administrative privileges mailing-list
- 15975 patch vdb-entry
- ADV-2005-3030 vdb-entry
- metadot-user-gain-privileges(23847) vdb-entry