Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux PDF Viewer privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux (affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component PDF Viewer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Various PDF viewers including (1) Adobe Acrobat 5.06 and (2) Xpdf 1.01 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an embedded hyperlink.

The bug was discovered 06/14/2003. The weakness was released 07/24/2003 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0434 since 06/16/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 39 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14054 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xpdf (MDKSA-2003:071-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2222.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12323) and Tenable (14054).

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 14054
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xpdf (MDKSA-2003:071-1)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 2222
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP Infinity CGI exploit scanner nph-exploitscanget.cgi access
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Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0434 (🔍)
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X-Force: 12323
Vulnerability Center: 7310 - Multiple Vendor PDF Allows Code Execution via Hyperlink, Medium
SecurityFocus: 7912 - Multiple Vendor PDF Hyperlinks Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 9037 - Xpdf Embedded Link Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 9293 - Adobe Acrobat Reader and Xpdf command execution

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 08/14/2014 18:19
Updated: 05/30/2019 20:16
Changes: 08/14/2014 18:19 (73), 05/30/2019 20:16 (10)
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