xbiff2 1.9 File Permission home/.xbiff2rc privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in xbiff2 1.9 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component File Permission. The manipulation of the argument home/.xbiff2rc 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. CVE summarizes:

xbiff2 1.9 creates $HOME/.xbiff2rc in a user s home directory with insecure file permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as login credentials. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was shared 08/30/2006 by Thomas Wolff (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4493 since 08/31/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as highly functional.

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 vulnerability database at X-Force (28680).

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xbiff2

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Status: Highly functional

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Thomas Wolff
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4493 (🔍)
X-Force: 28680 - XBIFF2 $HOME/.xbiff2rc information disclosure
SecurityFocus: 19762 - Xbiff 2 Insecure Permissions Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 21686 - xbiff2 Insecure File Permissions, Less Critical
OSVDB: 28278 - xbiff2 .xbiff2rc File Permission Weakness Information Disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2006-3417

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Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 08/03/2018 06:17
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (54), 08/03/2018 06:17 (8)
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