Access bypass in Drupal - CVE-2012-0827

 

Access bypass in Drupal - CVE-2012-0827

Published: September 15, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU476
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0827
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Drupal
Affected software:
Drupal

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to become allowed to download information.
The weakness exists due to access control error. Combined using of private files and field access modules helps unallowed users to get permission from File module to download files.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows user to download files on the certain fields.

How to mitigate CVE-2012-0827


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