CVE-2023-4677 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-4677

Unauthenticated Admin Account Takeover Via Cron Log File Backups

Vulnerability Description

Cron log backup files contain administrator session IDs. It is trivial for any attacker who can reach the Pandora FMS Console to scrape the cron logs directory for cron log backups. The contents of these log files can then be abused to authenticate to the application as an administrator. This issue affects Pandora FMS <= 772.

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Oliver Brooks <ollie.brooks@nccgroup.com>

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Affected Vendor

Pandora FMS

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Affected Software

Pandora FMS
Vulnerable Versions:
700

Timeline

Official Publish: November 23rd, 2023
Last Modified: December 2nd, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1556 Modify Authentication Process
Credential Access