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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2007-5835

Medium
5/10

Summary

Install.php in BosDev BosNews 4 and 5 does not require authentication for replacing an existing product installation or creating a new admin account, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (overwritten files) and possibly obtain administrative access.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-264 - Permissions Privileges and Access Controls

CWE 264 (permissions, privileges, and access controls) is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features used to perform access control. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category allow attackers to gain privileges for an unintended sphere of control, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published