Privilege escalation in Zoho ManageEngine Access Manager Plus

1) Use of hard-coded credentials

EUVDB-ID: #VU75500

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2291

CWE-ID: CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges within the application.

The vulnerability exists due to presence of hard-coded credentials for PostgreSQL. A local user can modify configuration data and escalate privileges to an Administrative user.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

ManageEngine Access Manager Plus: 4.3 4300 - 4.3 4310

External links

http://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-16

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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