Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1294. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel (Operating System) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

the affix_sock_register in the affix bluetooth protocol stack for linux might allow local users to gain privileges via a socket call with a negative protocol value which is used as an array index.

The bug was discovered 04/16/2005. The weakness was shared 04/24/2005 by Kevin Finisterre (Website). The advisory is shared for download at digitalmunition.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1294 since 04/26/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by qobaiashi and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20232), Exploit-DB (926), OSVDB (15783†) and Secunia (SA15086†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 7.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: qobaiashi
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/16/2005 🔍
04/24/2005 +8 days 🔍
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04/25/2005 +1 days 🔍
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10/26/2005 +183 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3422 days 🔍
12/30/2024 +3583 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: digitalmunition.com
Researcher: Kevin Finisterre
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1294 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1294
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24224
X-Force: 20232
Secunia: 15086 - Affix "affix_sock_register()" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 15783 - Affix affix_sock_register() Local Privilege Escalation

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 11:05 PM
Updated: 12/30/2024 02:29 AM
Changes: 03/10/2015 11:05 PM (47), 04/13/2019 06:44 PM (16), 12/30/2024 02:29 AM (20)
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