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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Merit AAA Radius Server 3.8m. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file rlmadmin.help of the component rlmadmin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
rlmadmin RADIUS management utility in Merit AAA Server 3.8M, 5.01, and possibly other versions, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the rlmadmin.help file.
The weakness was disclosed 09/07/2001 by Shadow (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1000. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
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 vulnerability database at X-Force (7096).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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CVSSv3
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Exploiting
Class: SymlinkCWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
09/07/2001 🔍09/07/2001 🔍
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07/08/2014 🔍
04/08/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comResearcher: Shadow
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-1000 (🔍)
X-Force: 7096 - Merit AAA RADIUS Server \
SecurityFocus: 3302 - Merit AAA RADIUS Server rlmadmin Symbolic Link Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 07/08/2014 22:13Updated: 04/08/2019 21:28
Changes: 07/08/2014 22:13 (39), 04/08/2019 21:28 (15)
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