#VU30615 Information disclosure in Moodle - CVE-2012-1155

Vulnerability identifier: #VU30615

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1155

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Moodle
Web applications / Other software

Vendor: moodle.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Moodle has a database activity export permission issue where the export function of the database activity module exports all entries even those from groups the user does not belong to

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Moodle: 2.2 - 2.2.1

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External links
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077635.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078209.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078210.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080712.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081047.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1155
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1155
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=198621
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1155

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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