PT-2012-5987 · Moodle · Moodle

Alexander Bias · Published 2012-11-21 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2012-5471

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 2.1.x through 2.1.8 Moodle versions 2.2.x through 2.2.5 Moodle versions 2.3.x through 2.3.2

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to access the Dropbox of a different user by leveraging an unattended workstation after a logout. This occurs due to the Dropbox Repository File Picker in affected Moodle versions.

Recommendations For Moodle versions 2.1.x through 2.1.8, update to version 2.1.9 or later. For Moodle versions 2.2.x through 2.2.5, update to version 2.2.6 or later. For Moodle versions 2.3.x through 2.3.2, update to version 2.3.3 or later.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5471

GHSA-MPJX-8PHJ-5M34

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 12

• http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-29872 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5471 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mpjx-8phj-5m34 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/cd029574b699c74e55fa287f0b4db45d2dcf9fde · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/c62a20c42b96f0195c4de075e5c58a4e7d381428 · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/8eb614d4bb4a80ed51520bca528530914082136f · Note
• https://github.com/moodle/moodle/commit/a3433213a1a2346c145e004ab1dc08b58279f910 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/19/1 · Note
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=216155 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56505 · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20121202030020/http://securityfocus.com/bid/56505 · Note