15348 : Access_user Class Undocumented Backdoor Password
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
2	132	over 5 years ago	over 2 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-04-07	2005-04-07

Description

The Access_user class allows access to any account when a valid account name is entered with the word "new" as the password. This allows attackers to trivially access the program or system.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Authentication Management
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.75 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Olaf Lederer

Access_user Class

1.7.4

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 14897
Related OSVDB ID: 15348
CVE ID: 2005-1067 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/apps/freshmeat/2005-04/0007.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://freshmeat.net/projects/access_user/?branch_id=53852&release_id=192770
http://freshmeat.net/projects/access_user/?branch_id=53852&release_id=192770
http://olederer.users.phpclasses.org/browse/file/8049.html
Vendor URL: http://www.finalwebsites.com/snippets.php?id=10

Credit

Mike -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-14 | Disagree?

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