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| GEN:SID | 1:2072 |
| Message | WEB-MISC lyris.pl access |
| Summary | This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Lyris List Manager. |
| Impact | Unauthorized escalation of user privileges. |
| Detailed Information | Lyris List Manager is a web based mailing list management interface. It is possible for an attacker to gain administrator privileges for mailing lists by modifying variables sent to the lyris.pl script. The variable list_admin is used to identify the user as an administrator, by changing this value from F to T the attacker can identify himself as the mailing list administrator. |
| Affected Systems | Lyris List Manager 3.0 Lyris List Manager 4.0 |
| Attack Scenarios | The attacker can save a copy of the HTML interface locally and modify the value of the list_admin variable, then submit the form directly to lyris.pl. Alternatively the attacker can choose to submit the data in a URI. |
| Ease of Attack | Simple |
| Corrective Action | Apply the appropriate patches from the vendor. Upgrade to the latest version of the software. |
| Additional References | CVE: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-0758 Bugtraq: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1584 |
| Rule References | bugtraq: 1584 cve: 2000-0758 |
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DID:612804
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