Improper Privilege Management Affecting otrs2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-OTRS2-344198
  • published12 Jun 2017
  • disclosed12 Jun 2017

Introduced: 12 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9324  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 otrs2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream otrs2 package and not the otrs2 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) 3.3.x through 3.3.16, 4.x through 4.0.23, and 5.x through 5.0.19, an attacker with agent permission is capable of opening a specific URL in a browser to gain administrative privileges / full access. Afterward, all system settings can be read and changed. The URLs in question contain index.pl?Action=Installer with ;Subaction=Intro or ;Subaction=Start or ;Subaction=System appended at the end.