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6.7 | $0-$5k | 0.04 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SciPy up to 0.12.0. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file /tmp of the component scipy.weave. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The scipy.weave component in SciPy before 0.12.1 creates insecure temporary directories.
The bug was discovered 10/11/2013. The weakness was shared 11/04/2019 by Florian Weimer with Red Hat. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-4251 since 06/12/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70817 (Fedora 20 : scipy-0.12.1-1.fc20 (2013-19101)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 0.12.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (70817).
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 70817
Nessus Name: Fedora 20 : scipy-0.12.1-1.fc20 (2013-19101)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2013-242
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: SciPy 0.12.1
Patch: github.com
Timeline
06/12/2013 🔍10/10/2013 🔍
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02/04/2024 🔍
Sources
Advisory: bd296e0336420b840fcd2faabb97084fd252a973Researcher: Florian Weimer
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2013-4251 (🔍)
X-Force: 88052
SecurityFocus: 63008 - SciPy 'scipy.weave' Insecure Temporary Directory Creation Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 98448
Entry
Created: 11/05/2019 10:35Updated: 02/04/2024 07:54
Changes: 11/05/2019 10:35 (44), 11/05/2019 10:40 (31), 02/04/2024 07:54 (7)
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