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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.2 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.1 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of WebAdmin (version 3.25 or later), available from the WebAdmin Web site. See References.
References:
- Alt-N Technologies Web site: WebAdmin.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Mon Aug 21 2006 - 18:29:09 CDT: TTG0601 - Alt-N WebAdmin Multiple Vulnerabilities.
- WebAdmin Server v3.X Release Notes: WebAdmin 3.25 - August 18, 2006.
- 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
Platforms Affected:
- Alt-N WebAdmin prior to 3.25
Reported:
Aug 18, 2006
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