CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-8584

Improper Access Control

Published: Sep 09, 2024 | Modified: Sep 13, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Orca HCM from LEARNING DIGITAL does not properly restrict access to a specific functionality, allowing unauthenticated remote attacker to exploit this functionality to create an account with administrator privilege and subsequently use it to log in. ( The vendor is currently addressing the vulnerability. Once the fix is completed, we will provide information on the affected versions.)

Weakness

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Orca_hcm Learningdigital * 11.0 (excluding)

Extended Description

Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:

When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses:

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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