CVE-2005-4458

Summary

CVECVE-2005-4458
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-21 11:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionGroup.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the $IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, and $IS_MANAGER global variables when performing checks for special privileges, which allows users to gain administrator privileges by adding themselves to the SITE_MGR group.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 5.5.2.1 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 5.6.4 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 5.6.4.1 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 5.6.4.2 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 5.6.4.3 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 5.6.5 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 5.6.5.1 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 5.6.5.2 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 5.6.5.3 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 5.6.5.3.1 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 5.6.5.4b5 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 5.6.6 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 6.4 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 6.4.1 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 6.4.2 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 6.4.3 All All All
Application Metadot Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1012.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.metadot.com
MetaDot Portal Server Site_Mgr Group Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
www.osvdb.org/22014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA18137 - Metadot Portal Server "Group.pm" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report