Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-10819 - Information Exposure Through Log Files vulnerability in Cpanel

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

LOW

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

NONE

Availability impact

NONE

network

low complexity

NVD

Published: 2019-08-01

Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

In cPanel before 57.9999.54, user log files become world-readable when rotated by cpanellogd (SEC-125).

Part	Description	Count
Application	Cpanel Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.4 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.6 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.7 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.9 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.10 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.12 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.14 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.15 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.17 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.19 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.20 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.22 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.23 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.25 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.27 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.29 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.0.30 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.1.1 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.1.2 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.4.3 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.5.2 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.5.3 Cpanel Cpanel 11.50.6.1 Cpanel Cpanel 11.52.6.0 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.0 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.0. Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.1 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.4 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.5 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.6 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.7 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.8 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.12 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.14 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.15 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.16 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.17 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.18 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.19 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.20 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.21 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.22 Cpanel Cpanel 11.54.0.23 Cpanel Cpanel 56.0.1 Cpanel Cpanel 56.0.3 Cpanel Cpanel 56.0.5 Cpanel Cpanel 56.0.8 Cpanel Cpanel 56.0.9 Cpanel Cpanel 56.0.13 Cpanel Cpanel 56.0.14	50

Fuzzing and observing application log data/errors for application mapping
An attacker sends random, malformed, or otherwise unexpected messages to a target application and observes the application's log or error messages returned. Fuzzing techniques involve sending random or malformed messages to a target and monitoring the target's response. The attacker does not initially know how a target will respond to individual messages but by attempting a large number of message variants they may find a variant that trigger's desired behavior. In this attack, the purpose of the fuzzing is to observe the application's log and error messages, although fuzzing a target can also sometimes cause the target to enter an unstable state, causing a crash. By observing logs and error messages, the attacker can learn details about the configuration of the target application and might be able to cause the target to disclose sensitive information.