A vulnerability was found in mntd 0.3.4/0.3.5/0.4.0/0.4.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality of the file mntd_mount.c. 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. The summary by CVE is:

mntd_mount.c in mntd before 0.4.2 might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a remount option in the configuration file. note: it is not clear whether this is a vulnerability because there is not necessarily any common usage in which privilege boundaries are crossed. typical usage would restrict write access to the configuration file.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at osvdb.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-2610 since 12/04/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (17149).

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