WebAdmin userlist.wdm privilege escalation
| webadmin-userlist-privilege-escalation (28489) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
WebAdmin could allow a domain administrative user to gain privileges, caused by insecure default permissions set on the userlist.wdm file. A remote attacker with administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability to access the global administrator's account and view, add, delete or modify information, or possibly execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.
Platforms Affected:
- Alt-N, WebAdmin prior to 3.25
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of WebAdmin (version 3.25 or later), available from the WebAdmin Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- Alt-N Technologies Web site, WebAdmin at http://www.altn.com/products/default.asp?product%5Fid=WebAdmin.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Mon Aug 21 2006 - 18:29:09 CDT, TTG0601 - Alt-N WebAdmin Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-08/0586.html.
- WebAdmin Server v3.X Release Notes, WebAdmin 3.25 - August 18, 2006 at http://files.altn.com/WebAdmin/Release/RelNotes_en.txt.
- BID-19631: WebAdmin Module for MDaemon Unspecified Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4370: Alt-N WebAdmin 3.2.3 and 3.2.4 running with MDaemon 9.0.5, and possibly earlier, allow remote authenticated domain administrators to change a global administrator's password and gain privileges via the userlist.wdm file.
- SA21558: WebAdmin Account Manipulation and Arbitrary File Disclosure
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3333: Alt-N WebAdmin Multiple Directory Traversal and Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Aug 18, 2006
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