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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apache Tomcat up to 5.0.27 (Application Server Software). This issue affects some 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. The summary by CVE is:
Tomcat before 5.0.27-r3 in Gentoo Linux sets the default permissions on the init scripts as tomcat:tomcat, but executes the scripts with root privileges, which could allow local users in the tomcat group to execute arbitrary commands as root by modifying the scripts.
The bug was discovered 08/15/2004. The weakness was published 12/31/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared at gentoo.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1452 since 02/13/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14571 (GLSA-200408-15 : Tomcat: Insecure installation), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115886 (Gentoo Tomcat Privilege Escalation Vulnerability).
Upgrading to version 5.0.27-r3 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 (16993) and Tenable (14571).
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Version
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.6
- 5.0.7
- 5.0.8
- 5.0.9
- 5.0.10
- 5.0.11
- 5.0.12
- 5.0.13
- 5.0.14
- 5.0.15
- 5.0.16
- 5.0.17
- 5.0.18
- 5.0.19
- 5.0.20
- 5.0.21
- 5.0.22
- 5.0.23
- 5.0.24
- 5.0.25
- 5.0.26
- 5.0.27
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 14571
Nessus Name: GLSA-200408-15 : Tomcat: Insecure installation
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OpenVAS ID: 54645
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200408-15 (tomcat)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Tomcat 5.0.27-r3
Timeline
08/15/2004 🔍08/15/2004 🔍
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08/18/2008 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apache.orgAdvisory: gentoo.org
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2004-1452 (🔍)
X-Force: 16993
Vulnerability Center: 19216 - Apache Tomcat in Gentoo Linux Vulnerability Allows Local Code Execution with Root Privileges, High
SecurityFocus: 10951 - Gentoo Linux Tomcat EBuild Insecure Install Permissions Vulnerability
Secunia: 12296 - Gentoo Tomcat Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 8851 - Gentoo Linux Tomcat EBuild - Insecure Install Permissions Issue
Entry
Created: 02/27/2015 15:52Updated: 08/15/2019 18:31
Changes: 02/27/2015 15:52 (77), 08/15/2019 18:31 (4)
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