CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in ecryptfs-utils (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component suid Helper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
ecryptfs-utils: suid helper does not restrict mounting filesystems with nosuid,nodev which creates a possible privilege escalation
The bug was discovered 07/14/2012. The weakness was presented 12/20/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-3409 since 06/14/2012. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61420 (Fedora 16 : ecryptfs-utils-99-1.fc16 (2012-11049)), 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 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 (61420).
Product
Name
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Nessus ID: 61420
Nessus Name: Fedora 16 : ecryptfs-utils-99-1.fc16 (2012-11049)
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OpenVAS ID: 864598
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for ecryptfs-utils FEDORA-2012-11069
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Timeline
06/14/2012 🔍07/14/2012 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: access.redhat.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2012-3409 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 54634
OSVDB: 84131
Entry
Created: 12/20/2019 18:48Updated: 12/20/2019 18:53
Changes: 12/20/2019 18:48 (41), 12/20/2019 18:53 (28)
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