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A vulnerability was found in Novell Mono 1.0/2.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file system.codedom.compiler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The System.CodeDom.Compiler classes in Novell Mono create temporary files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.
The bug was discovered 10/04/2006. The weakness was published 10/10/2006 by Sebastian Krahmer with SuSE Security Team (Website). The advisory is available at ubuntu.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5072 since 09/28/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22516 (FreeBSD : mono -- 'System.CodeDom.Compiler' Insecure Temporary Creation (5a39a22e-5478-11db-8f1a-000a48049292)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165105 (SUSE Security Update for mono-core (SUSE-SA:2006:073)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29353) and Tenable (22516). Similar entries are available at 32299, 32297 and 33332.
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CPE 2.3
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Nessus ID: 22516
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mono -- 'System.CodeDom.Compiler' Insecure Temporary Creation (5a39a22e-5478-11db-8f1a-000a48049292)
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OpenVAS ID: 57461
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Sources
Vendor: novell.comAdvisory: ubuntu.com
Researcher: Sebastian Krahmer
Organization: SuSE Security Team
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2006-5072 (🔍)
X-Force: 29353
Vulnerability Center: 12919 - Novell Mono Local File Overwrite and Code Execution Vulnerabilities via Symlink Attack, Medium
SecurityFocus: 20340 - Mono System.CodeDom.Compiler Class Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 22237
OSVDB: 29504 - Mono - System.CodeDom.Compiler Class - Insecure Temporary File Creation Issue
Vupen: ADV-2006-3911
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Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 15:51Updated: 07/09/2019 11:42
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (75), 07/09/2019 11:42 (8)
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