CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Linux 7.1 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Swap File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Red Hat Linux 7.1 sets insecure permissions on swap files created during installation, which can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges by reading sensitive information from the swap file, such as passwords.
The issue has been introduced in 04/16/2001. The weakness was published 05/03/2001 with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0635. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 17 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6493).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/16/2001 🔍05/02/2001 🔍
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08/14/2001 🔍
04/09/2004 🔍
07/07/2014 🔍
04/14/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: redhat.comAdvisory: redhat.com
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-0635 (🔍)
X-Force: 6493
SecurityFocus: 2678 - RedHat Linux Swap File World Readable Permissions Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5564 - Red Hat Linux swap File Information Disclosure
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 07/08/2014 01:04Updated: 04/14/2019 18:42
Changes: 07/08/2014 01:04 (56), 04/14/2019 18:42 (5)
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