CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in CA InoculateIT 6.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the file /tmp/ftpdownload.log of the component FTPD. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
ftpdownload in Computer Associates InoculateIT 6.0 allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/ftpdownload.log .
The bug was discovered 05/17/2001. The weakness was disclosed 05/25/2001 by Chris Wilson with Amcom (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-0625. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a exploit are known.
After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. By approaching the search of inurl:tmp/ftpdownload.log it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.
It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling .
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6607).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2
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VulDB Temp Score: 8.2
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Exploiting
Class: SymlinkCWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Highly functional
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
05/17/2001 🔍05/25/2001 🔍
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02/21/2003 🔍
07/08/2014 🔍
06/01/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: ca.comAdvisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Chris Wilson
Organization: Amcom
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-0625 (🔍)
X-Force: 6607 - InoculateIT ftpdownload /tmp file symlink attack
SecurityFocus: 2778
OSVDB: 1843 - InoculateIT ftpdownload.log Symbolic Link File Overwriting
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 07/08/2014 14:59Updated: 06/01/2018 10:50
Changes: 07/08/2014 14:59 (55), 06/01/2018 10:50 (7)
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