VDB-37211 · CVE-2007-3149 · BID 24368

Todd Miller sudo 1.6.8 P12 Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability was found in Todd Miller sudo 1.6.8 P12 (Operating System Utility Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

sudo, when linked with MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5), does not properly check whether a user can currently authenticate to Kerberos, which allows local users to gain privileges, in a manner unintended by the sudo security model, via certain KRB5_ environment variable settings. NOTE: another researcher disputes this vulnerability, stating that the attacker must be "a user, who can already log into your system, and can already use sudo."

The weakness was released 06/11/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sudo.ws. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-3149 since 06/11/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/20/2021).

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

06/07/2007 🔍
06/11/2007 +4 days 🔍
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03/15/2015 +2834 days 🔍
07/20/2021 +2319 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sudo.ws
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-3149 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 24368 - Todd Miller Sudo Kerberos Authentication Local Authentication Bypass Weakness
Secunia: 26540

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/20/2021 10:07
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (40), 03/16/2016 11:53 (5), 07/20/2021 10:07 (8)
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