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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Plus Technologies LPPlus 3.2.2/3.3. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file lpdprocess. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0880. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Plus Technologies LPPlus 3.2.2/3.3. This affects some unknown functionality of the file lpdprocess. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

LPPlus creates the lpdprocess file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by specifying an alternate process ID and using the setuid dcclpdshut program to kill the process that was specified in the lpdprocess file.

The weakness was released 11/14/2000 by echo (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0880. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5200), Exploit-DB (20192) and SecurityFocus (BID 1643†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-16010 and VDB-16012. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Plus Technologies

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• LPPlus

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• 3.2.2
• 3.3

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