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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel 2.6.0 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:
multiple unknown vulnerabilities in linux kernel 2.6 allow local users to gain privileges or access kernel memory a different set of vulnerabilities than those identified in cve-2004-0495 as found by the sparse source code checking tool.
The issue has been introduced in 12/18/2003. The weakness was published 12/06/2004 with SuSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0496 since 05/27/2004. 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. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 217 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14549 (GLSA-200407-16 : Linux Kernel: Multiple DoS and permission vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16625) and Tenable (14549). Similar entry is available at 22021.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 14549
Nessus Name: GLSA-200407-16 : Linux Kernel: Multiple DoS and permission vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 54623
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200407-16 (Kernel)
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Timeline
12/18/2003 🔍05/27/2004 🔍
07/22/2004 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: xforce.iss.net
Organization: SuSE
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2004-0496 (🔍)
X-Force: 16625
Vulnerability Center: 5631 - Multiple Unknown Vulnerabilities in Linux Kernel 2.6, Low
SecurityFocus: 10779 - Linux Kernel Multiple Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 04/14/2015 13:25Updated: 05/25/2019 15:27
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:25 (68), 05/25/2019 15:27 (6)
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