TeamSpeak WebAdmin interface privilege escalation
| teamspeak-webadmin-privilege-escalation (34254) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
TeamSpeak could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a vulnerability on the RegisteredUser privileges configuration page. A remote registered attacker with ServerAdmin privileges could use the WebAdmin interface to create a registered user account and gain unauthorized administrative privileges to create, start, stop or delete TeamSpeak servers.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.4 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.5 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of TeamSpeak (2.0.23.15 BETA or later), available from the TeamSpeak Web site. See References.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Fri May 11 2007 - 08:52:43 CDT: Teamspeak Server 2.0.20.1 Vulnerabilities.
- TeamSpeak Web site: TeamSpeak.
- BID-23935: TeamSpeak Server WebAdmin Interface Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-4529: The WebAdmin interface in TeamSpeak Server 2.0.20.1 allows remote authenticated users with the ServerAdmin flag to assign Registered users certain privileges, resulting in a privilege set that extends beyond that ServerAdmin's own servers, as demonstrated by the (1) AdminAddServer, (2) AdminDeleteServer, (3) AdminStartServer, and (4) AdminStopServer privileges; and administration of arbitrary virtual servers via a request to a .tscmd URI with a modified serverid parameter, as demonstrated by (a) add_server.tscmd, (b) ask_delete_server.tscmd, (c) start_server.tscmd, and (d) stop_server.tscmd.
- SA25242: TeamSpeak Server Privilege Escalation and Cross-Site Scripting
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- TeamSpeak Systems TeamSpeak 2.0.20.1 and prior
Reported:
May 11, 2007
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