National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-4553
Original release date:11/11/2012
Last revised:11/12/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Drupal 7.x before 7.16 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and possibly re-install Drupal and execute arbitrary PHP code via an external database server, related to "transient conditions."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/b912710
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://drupal.org/node/1815912
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://drupal.org/node/1815904
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20121029 Re: CVE request: Drupal SA-CORE-2012-003
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20121029 CVE request: Drupal SA-CORE-2012-003
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)