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CVE-2005-4458
Published: Dec 21, 2005
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=2632
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ADV-2005-3030
vdb-entry
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287
third-party-advisory
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18137
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20051220 Vulnerability in Metadot portal server allows users to gain administrative privileges
mailing-list
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15975
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metadot-user-gain-privileges(23847)
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20051220 Vulnerability in Metadot portal server allows users to gain administrative privileges
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22014
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