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Status published
Critical
CVE-2005-4458
Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not...
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=2632
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3030
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/287
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18137
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420002/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15975
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23847
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1012.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/22014
Affected Vendor
metadot
View all reports →Affected Software
metadot portal server
Vulnerable Versions:
5.5.2.1, 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
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 21st, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.