Sam Lantinga Splitvt 1.6.4 -rcfile privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sam Lantinga Splitvt 1.6.4. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument -rcfile with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Format string vulnerability in splitvt before 1.6.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the -rcfile command line argument.

The bug was discovered 01/14/2001. The weakness was published 03/12/2001 by Fish Stiqz (FIRST) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.info. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0111. 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 T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14851 (Debian DSA-014-2 : splitvt - buffer overflow and format string attack), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.6.5 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 databases at X-Force (5948) and Tenable (14851). Similar entry is available at 16516.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 14851
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-014-2 : splitvt - buffer overflow and format string attack
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Splitvt 1.6.5

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.info
Researcher: Fish Stiqz (FIRST)
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0111 (🔍)
X-Force: 5948
Vulnerability Center: 15135 - splitvt Format String via the -rcfile Command Line Argument, High
SecurityFocus: 2210 - splitvt Format String Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1729 - CVE-2001-0111 - Splitvt - Format String Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 07/03/2014 15:25
Updated: 07/19/2019 11:13
Changes: 07/03/2014 15:25 (73), 07/19/2019 11:13 (6)
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