CVE-2005-4458
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 21, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 21, 2005
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=2632
- ADV-2005-3030vdb-entry
- 287third-party-advisory
- 18137third-party-advisory
- 20051220 Vulnerability in Metadot portal server allows users to gain administrative privilegesmailing-list
- 15975vdb-entry
- metadot-user-gain-privileges(23847)vdb-entry
- 20051220 Vulnerability in Metadot portal server allows users to gain administrative privilegesmailing-list
- 22014vdb-entry
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