CVE-2005-4458

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.0
Exploit probability—
ProductMetadot Portal Server
PublishedDec 21, 2005
First seenDec 21, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
metadot metadot_portal_server5.5.2.1, 5.6.4, 5.6.4.1, 5.6.4.2, 5.6.4.3, 5.6.5, 5.6.5.1, 5.6.5.2, 5.6.5.3, 5.6.5.3.1, 5.6.5.4b5, 5.6.6, 6.4, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4—

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