CVE-2023-38994

The 'check_univention_joinstatus' prometheus monitoring script (and other scripts) in UCS 5.0-5 revealed the LDAP plaintext password of the machine account in the process list allowing attackers with local ssh access to gain higher privileges and perform followup attacks. By default, the configuration of UCS does not allow local ssh access for regular users.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://forge.univention.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56324	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://forge.univention.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56324#c0	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.drive-byte.de/en/blog/simple-yet-effective-the-story-of-some-simple-bugs-that-led-to-the-complete-compromise-of-a-network	Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:univention:univention_corporate_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

31 Jan 2024, 14:48

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-31 12:15

Updated : 2024-02-05 00:01

NVD link : CVE-2023-38994

Mitre link : CVE-2023-38994

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-38994

JSON object : View

Products Affected

univention

univention_corporate_server

CWE

CWE-668

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

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