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Improper Access Control

CVE-2009-4405

High
8.7/10

Summary

Improper Access Control vulnerability in Trac versions prior to 0.11.6rc1, have unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to policy checks in report results when using alternate formats or a check for the 'raw' role that is missing in "docutils" earlier than 0.6.

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

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published