OutStart Participate Enterprise Multiple Access Validation Vulnerabilities

BID:12752

Info

OutStart Participate Enterprise Multiple Access Validation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 12752
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 08 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 08 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Altrus <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: OutStart Participate Enterprise 3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

OutStart Participate Enterprise Multiple Access Validation Vulnerabilities

Participate Enterprise is reported prone to multiple access validation vulnerabilities. These issues may allow remote attackers to disclose sensitive information and corrupt and delete data that can ultimately lead to a denial of service condition.

The following specific issues were identified:

An attacker can browse the directory tree and disclose sensitive information.

An attacker can rename arbitrary objects.

An attacker can delete arbitrary objects as well.

All versions of Participate Enterprise are considered vulnerable at the moment.

Exploit / POC

OutStart Participate Enterprise Multiple Access Validation Vulnerabilities

An exploit is not required.

The following proof of concept examples are available:

To browse the directory tree:
http://www.example.com/pe/repository/displaynavigator.jsp?rootFolder=101

To rename an object:
http://www.example.com/pe/repository/include/renamepopup.jsp?selectedObject=101

To delete an object:
http://www.example.com/pe/repository/displaydeletenavigator.jsp?selectedObjectsCSV=101

Solution / Fix

OutStart Participate Enterprise Multiple Access Validation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
It has been confirmed that the vendor has released upgrades dealing with these issues. It is advised that users contact the vendor for more information on the upgraded versions and obtaining them.

References

OutStart Participate Enterprise Multiple Access Validation Vulnerabilities

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