Improper Privilege Management in misp-project MISP

1) Improper Privilege Management

EUVDB-ID: #VU30763

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16202

CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

MISP before 2.4.115 allows privilege escalation in certain situations. After updating to 2.4.115, escalation attempts are blocked by the __checkLoggedActions function with a "This could be an indication of an attempted privilege escalation on older vulnerable versions of MISP (<2.4.115)" message.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

MISP: 2.4.0 - 2.4.114

External links

http://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/cve-2019-16202/
http://github.com/MISP/MISP/commit/75acd63c46506ad404764c3a3de7d4ca11d0560f
http://github.com/MISP/MISP/compare/v2.4.114...v2.4.115

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.