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CRITICAL
CVE-2005-4458
Metadot Portal Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 21, 2005, 11:03 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 19, 2018, 3:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-4458 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Metadot metadot_portal_server

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-4458 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-4458 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/420002/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420002/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/23847 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23847 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 21, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-4458 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.54 }} 0.00%

score

0.73848

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability