Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in OTRS - CVE-2008-7276

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in OTRS - CVE-2008-7276

Published: March 18, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45197
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-7276
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: otrs.org
Affected software:
OTRS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Kernel/System/Web/Request.pm in Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) before 2.3.2 creates a directory under /tmp/ with 1274 permissions, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions via standard filesystem operations, related to incorrect interpretation of 0700 as a decimal value.


How to mitigate CVE-2008-7276

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources