firehol up to 1.223 firehol.sh symlink

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A vulnerability was found in firehol up to 1.223. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file firehol.sh. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

firehol.sh in FireHOL before 1.224 creates temporary files with predictable file names, which could allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

The weakness was disclosed 01/24/2005 by Sam Couter (Website). The advisory is shared for download at gentoo.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0225 since 02/05/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16438 (GLSA-200502-01 : FireHOL: Insecure temporary file creation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.224 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19032) and Tenable (16438).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 16438
Nessus Name: GLSA-200502-01 : FireHOL: Insecure temporary file creation
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OpenVAS ID: 54833
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200502-01 (FireHOL)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: firehol 1.224

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gentoo.org
Researcher: Sam Couter
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0225 (🔍)
X-Force: 19032
SecurityTracker: 1012969 - FireHOL Unsafe Temporary Files Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 22932 - FireHOL < 1.224 Local Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability via a Symlink Attack, Low
SecurityFocus: 12336 - FireHOL Insecure Local Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 13970 - FireHOL Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 13137 - FireHOL Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/01/2021 16:58
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (65), 02/12/2017 12:47 (16), 07/01/2021 16:58 (3)
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