01 Record
CVE-2005-4458
Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the $IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, and $IS_MANAGER global variables when performing checks for special privileges, which allows users
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Group.pm in Metadot Portal Server 6.4.4 and earlier does not properly reset the $IS_OWNER, $IS_ADMIN, and $IS_MANAGER global variables when performing checks for special privileges, which allows users
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-12-21 11:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 23:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-12-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7b0f80c57fcc945228af9e01a446c5aa36427fe80ea4b14b247fb7f5ee95c74e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.metadot.comhttp://www.metadot.com/metadot/index.pl?iid=2632
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-3030http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3030
- securityreason.com287http://securityreason.com/securityalert/287
- secunia.com18137http://secunia.com/advisories/18137
- www.securityfocus.com20051220 Vulnerability in Metadot portal server allows users to gain administrative privilegeshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420002/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com15975http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15975
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commetadot-user-gain-privileges(23847)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23847
- archives.neohapsis.com20051220 Vulnerability in Metadot portal server allows users to gain administrative privilegeshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/1012.html
- www.osvdb.org22014http://www.osvdb.org/22014