Secunia

IHS has discovered a security issue in cPanel, which may allow malicious users to gain escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to an error in handling of user password changes and can be exploited by a malicious user to gain access with root user privileges.

Successful exploitation allows a user to access features that are normally only accessible to privileged users (e.g. create/change files on web sites hosted by other domains), but requires that the user unknowingly changes his password to be the same as the root password and subsequently changes it again.

The security issue has been confirmed in version 10.2.0-R82 and has also been reported in version 10.4.0-EDGE 254. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution
Reportedly fixed in version 10.5.0 build 38 or higher.

Provided and/or discovered by
Iran Hackers Sabotage

Changelog
Further details available in Customer Area

Original Advisory
http://www.cpanel.net/2005/08/cpanel-security-advisory-cpanel-password-change-privilege-escalation.html

Deep Links
Links available in Customer Area