CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in GNU screen 4.0.3. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
** DISPUTED ** GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to unlock the screen via a CTRL-C sequence at the password prompt. NOTE: multiple third parties report inability to reproduce this issue.
The weakness was presented 06/05/2007 by Rembrandt (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-3048 since 06/05/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.
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 (34693).
Product
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 7.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
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unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
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Exploiting
Class: Local Privilege EscalationCWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍
EPSS Score: 🔍
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Price Prediction: 🔍
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0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
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Today | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
06/04/2007 🔍06/05/2007 🔍
06/05/2007 🔍
06/05/2007 🔍
03/15/2015 🔍
09/03/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: gnu.orgAdvisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Rembrandt
Status: Not defined
Disputed: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2007-3048 (🔍)
X-Force: 34693 - GNU Screen Password authentication bypass
SecurityFocus: 29810 - OpenBSD GNU Screen Locked Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/15/2015 15:58Updated: 09/03/2018 08:15
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (50), 09/03/2018 08:15 (6)
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