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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in rhmask 1.0-9 on Red Hat. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Mask File Handler. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:
rhmask 1.0-9 in Red Hat Linux 7.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the mask file.
The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2002 by Andrew (Website). The advisory is shared for download at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1890 since 06/29/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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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
06/11/2002 🔍12/31/2002 🔍
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08/05/2014 🔍
06/10/2018 🔍
Sources
Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔Researcher: Andrew
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2002-1890 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 4984 - RHMask Local File Overwrite Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 08/05/2014 10:44Updated: 06/10/2018 09:00
Changes: 08/05/2014 10:44 (45), 06/10/2018 09:00 (6)
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