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CVE-2003-0494: Snitz Communications Snitz Forums 2000: Privilege escalation

CVE-2003-0494 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and NVD lists Snitz Communications Snitz Forums 2000 as the affected product. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

password.asp in Snitz Forums 3.4.03 and earlier allows remote attackers to reset passwords and gain privileges as other users by via a direct request to password.asp with a modified member id.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
• Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
• Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
• Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
• Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
• Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

• Snitz Communications Snitz Forums 2000: 3.4.03

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7925
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105578322012128&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12326