PT-2005-5026 · Blackboard · Blackboard Learning/Community Portal System

Published 2005-12-17 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-4338

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System versions prior to the version that fixes the issue

Description The issue allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges by setting the context parameter to admin in the announcement.pl file.

Recommendations For versions prior to the fixed version, consider restricting access to the announcement.pl file until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the context parameter in the announcement.pl file until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4338

Affected Products

Blackboard Learning/Community Portal System

References · 4

• 🔥 http://ipomonis.com/advisories/Bb_6.zip · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4338 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4338 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/21617 · Note