Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation up to 1.0.0 Virtual File System privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation up to 1.0.0 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown part of the component Virtual File System. 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:

Multiple extfs backend scripts for GNOME virtual file system (VFS) before 1.0.1 may allow remote attackers to perform certain unauthorized actions via a gnome-vfs URI.

The bug was discovered 08/04/2004. The weakness was shared 11/23/2004 with Redhat (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0494 since 05/27/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 111 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14384 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16897) and Tenable (14384).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 14384
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OpenVAS ID: 52412
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: gnomevfs2
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Linux Advanced Workstation 1.0.1

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05/27/2004 🔍
08/04/2004 +69 days 🔍
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11/23/2004 +111 days 🔍
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05/17/2007 +905 days 🔍
01/09/2015 +2794 days 🔍
06/30/2021 +2364 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: Redhat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-0494 (🔍)
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X-Force: 16897
Vulnerability Center: 15128 - GNOME VFS allows Unauthorized Actions via extfs Backend Scripts, High
SecurityFocus: 10864 - Gnome VFS 'extfs' Scripts Undisclosed Vulnerability
OSVDB: 8338 - GNOME VFS extfs scripts gain access

Entryinfo

Created: 01/09/2015 17:07
Updated: 06/30/2021 14:10
Changes: 01/09/2015 17:07 (67), 07/19/2019 10:29 (6), 06/30/2021 14:10 (3)
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Cache ID: 18:AA0:103

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