Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-2357 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Moodle

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

The Multi-Authentication feature in the Central Authentication Service (CAS) functionality in auth/cas/cas_form.html in Moodle 2.1.x before 2.1.6 and 2.2.x before 2.2.3 does not use HTTPS, which allows remote attackers to obtain credentials by sniffing the network.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-8325.NASL
    descriptionCVE-2012-2353 MSA-12-0024: Hidden information access issue CVE-2012-2354 MSA-12-0025: Personal communication access issue CVE-2012-2355 MSA-12-0026: Quiz capability issue CVE-2012-2356 MSA-12-0027: Question bank capability issues CVE-2012-2357 MSA-12-0028: Insecure authentication issue CVE-2012-2358 MSA-12-0029: Information editing access issue CVE-2012-2359 MSA-12-0030: Capability manipulation issue CVE-2012-2360 MSA-12-0031: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Wiki CVE-2012-2361 MSA-12-0032: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Web services CVE-2012-2362 MSA-12-0033: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Blog CVE-2012-2363 MSA-12-0034: Potential SQL injection issue CVE-2012-2364 MSA-12-0035: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-06-04
    plugin id59338
    published2012-06-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59338
    titleFedora 16 : moodle-2.0.9-1.fc16 (2012-8325)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2012-8325.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(59338);
      script_version("1.12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");
    
      script_bugtraq_id(53626, 53627, 53629, 53632);
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2012-8325");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 16 : moodle-2.0.9-1.fc16 (2012-8325)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "CVE-2012-2353 MSA-12-0024: Hidden information access issue
    CVE-2012-2354 MSA-12-0025: Personal communication access issue
    CVE-2012-2355 MSA-12-0026: Quiz capability issue CVE-2012-2356
    MSA-12-0027: Question bank capability issues CVE-2012-2357
    MSA-12-0028: Insecure authentication issue CVE-2012-2358 MSA-12-0029:
    Information editing access issue CVE-2012-2359 MSA-12-0030: Capability
    manipulation issue CVE-2012-2360 MSA-12-0031: Cross-site scripting
    vulnerability in Wiki CVE-2012-2361 MSA-12-0032: Cross-site scripting
    vulnerability in Web services CVE-2012-2362 MSA-12-0033: Cross-site
    scripting vulnerability in Blog CVE-2012-2363 MSA-12-0034: Potential
    SQL injection issue CVE-2012-2364 MSA-12-0035: Cross-site scripting
    vulnerability in 'download all' CVE-2012-2365 MSA-12-0036: Cross-site
    scripting vulnerability in category identifier CVE-2012-2366
    MSA-12-0037: Write access issue in Database activity module
    CVE-2012-2367 MSA-12-0038: Calendar event write permission issue
    Correct CAS unbundling. Drop bundled language packs. New upstreams,
    multiple vulnerabilities.
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081681.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9f5c3b83"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected moodle package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:moodle");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/05/24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/06/04");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^16([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 16.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC16", reference:"moodle-2.0.9-1.fc16")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "moodle");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-8365.NASL
    descriptionCVE-2012-2353 MSA-12-0024: Hidden information access issue CVE-2012-2354 MSA-12-0025: Personal communication access issue CVE-2012-2355 MSA-12-0026: Quiz capability issue CVE-2012-2356 MSA-12-0027: Question bank capability issues CVE-2012-2357 MSA-12-0028: Insecure authentication issue CVE-2012-2358 MSA-12-0029: Information editing access issue CVE-2012-2359 MSA-12-0030: Capability manipulation issue CVE-2012-2360 MSA-12-0031: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Wiki CVE-2012-2361 MSA-12-0032: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Web services CVE-2012-2362 MSA-12-0033: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Blog CVE-2012-2363 MSA-12-0034: Potential SQL injection issue CVE-2012-2364 MSA-12-0035: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-06-04
    plugin id59343
    published2012-06-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59343
    titleFedora 15 : moodle-1.9.18-1.fc15 (2012-8365)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-8284.NASL
    descriptionCVE-2012-2353 MSA-12-0024: Hidden information access issue CVE-2012-2354 MSA-12-0025: Personal communication access issue CVE-2012-2355 MSA-12-0026: Quiz capability issue CVE-2012-2356 MSA-12-0027: Question bank capability issues CVE-2012-2357 MSA-12-0028: Insecure authentication issue CVE-2012-2358 MSA-12-0029: Information editing access issue CVE-2012-2359 MSA-12-0030: Capability manipulation issue CVE-2012-2360 MSA-12-0031: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Wiki CVE-2012-2361 MSA-12-0032: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Web services CVE-2012-2362 MSA-12-0033: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Blog CVE-2012-2363 MSA-12-0034: Potential SQL injection issue CVE-2012-2364 MSA-12-0035: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-06-04
    plugin id59335
    published2012-06-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59335
    titleFedora 17 : moodle-2.2.3-1.fc17 (2012-8284)