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.
References
- http://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=2632
- ADV-2005-3030 vdb-entry
- 287 third-party-advisory
- 18137 third-party-advisory
- 20051220 Vulnerability in Metadot portal server allows users to gain administrative privileges mailing-list
- 15975 vdb-entry
- metadot-user-gain-privileges(23847) vdb-entry
- 20051220 Vulnerability in Metadot portal server allows users to gain administrative privileges mailing-list
- 22014 vdb-entry