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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat DocBook Stylesheets (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part of the component Default Stylesheet. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The default stylesheet for DocBook on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.2 is installed with an insecure option enabled, which could allow users to overwrite files outside of the current directory from an untrusted document by using a full pathname as an element identifier.

The bug was discovered 04/26/2002. The weakness was disclosed 04/09/2004 with Red Hat (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0169. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 33 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 (8983).

Productinfo

Vendor

• Red Hat

Name

• DocBook Stylesheets

License

• open-source

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/26/2002 🔍
05/01/2002 +5 days 🔍
05/29/2002 +28 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +680 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +0 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3745 days 🔍
04/12/2019 +1736 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0169 (🔍)
X-Force: 8983
SecurityFocus: 4654 - RedHat DocBook Tools Default Stylesheet Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5349 - Red Hat DocBook Insecure Option Overwrite Arbitrary File

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:58
Updated: 04/12/2019 12:44
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:58 (56), 04/12/2019 12:44 (1)
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Cache ID: 52:F28:103

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