A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Webmin 0.80/0.88 (Software Management Software). This issue affects some unknown processing of the file run.cgi of the component Temp File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

run.cgi in Webmin 0.80 and 0.88 creates temporary files with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

The weakness was shared 12/31/2001 (Website). The advisory is shared at securiteam.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1530 since 07/14/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108535 (Webmin 0.80 / 0.88 world-writable files), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (108535). The entry 16698 is related to this item.

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• Software Management Software

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• Webmin

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• 0.80
• 0.88

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• open-source

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