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Invision Power Board Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15545
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Release Date:
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2005-05-30
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Last Update:
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2005-08-10
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Popularity:
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10,444 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Invision Power Board 1.x
Invision Power Board 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1816
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Description:
Rapigator has reported a vulnerability in Invision Power Board, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when deleting user groups. This can be exploited by a non-root admin to move users into the root admin group.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0 through 2.0.4. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 2.1.0.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Rapigator
Changelog:
2005-06-06: Added CVE reference.
2005-08-10: Updated "Solution" section.
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