PT-2012-3903 · Catalyst It · Mahara

Mike Haworth · Published 2012-11-24 · Updated 2013-02-08 · CVE-2012-2244

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mahara versions 1.4.x through 1.4.4 Mahara versions 1.5.x through 1.5.3

Description The issue allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the path to clamav. It can also be exploited without authentication by leveraging another vulnerability.

Recommendations For Mahara versions 1.4.x through 1.4.4, update to version 1.4.5 or later. For Mahara versions 1.5.x through 1.5.3, update to version 1.5.4 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2244

DSA-2591-1

Affected Products

Mahara

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2244 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4936 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2244 · Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1057238 · Note