CVE-2005-4458 Information

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.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1012.html http://secunia.com/advisories/18137 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/287 http://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=2632 http://www.osvdb.org/22014 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420002/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15975 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3030 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23847