PT-2004-3505 · Cutenews · Cutenews

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2004-2615

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CuteNews version 1.3.6

Description The issue arises from the documentation of CuteNews, which instructs users to manually set world-writable permissions for files under the cutenews/data directory. This setting allows local users to insert false news, delete existing news, and potentially gain privileges or have other unknown impacts.

Recommendations For CuteNews version 1.3.6, consider restricting write access to the cutenews/data directory to prevent local users from modifying news items until a proper fix is available. As a temporary workaround, review and monitor all changes to news items closely to detect any potential false inserts or deletions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2615

Affected Products

Cutenews

References · 5

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-08/0396.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2615 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17161 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1011099 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/9385 · Note