PT-2000-1561 · Blackboard · Blackboard Courseinfo

Published 2000-07-18 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2000-0627

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BlackBoard CourseInfo version 4.0

Description The issue concerns improper user authentication, allowing local users to modify database information and gain privileges. This can be achieved by directly calling supporting CGI programs, such as user update passwd.pl and user update admin.pl.

Recommendations For BlackBoard CourseInfo version 4.0, consider restricting access to the CGI programs user update passwd.pl and user update admin.pl to prevent unauthorized modifications to the database. Additionally, review and strengthen the authentication mechanism to ensure proper validation of user credentials.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0627

Affected Products

Blackboard Courseinfo

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/1486 · Exploit
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0254.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0627 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-0627 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/archive.pike%3Flist%3D1%26msg%3D20000719151904.I17986%40securityfocus.com · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4946 · Note