PT-2017-1084 · Moodle · Moodle

Andrew Nicols · Published 2017-01-20 · Updated 2020-12-01 · CVE-2016-8644

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 2.x through 3.x

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the course notes viewing capability, which is checked in the wrong context. This can potentially allow a remote attacker to elevate their privileges.

Recommendations For Moodle versions 2.x through 3.x, update to a version where the access control for course notes viewing is properly implemented in the correct context. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00177

CVE-2016-8644

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8644 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8644 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8644 · Vendor Advisory
• https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=343277 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8644 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8644 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00177 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8644 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94458 · Note
• https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-51347 · Note