VDB-38285 · CVE-2007-4302 · BID 25251

Freshmeat Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit 1.6.3 Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability was found in Freshmeat Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit 1.6.3. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple race conditions in certain system call wrappers in Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit (GSWTK) allow local users to defeat system call interposition and possibly gain privileges or bypass auditing.

The weakness was published 08/13/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at watson.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-4302 since 08/13/2007. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

Similar entries are available at 38288, 38287 and 38286.

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Exploitinginfo

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

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

08/09/2007 🔍
08/13/2007 +4 days 🔍
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08/16/2007 +3 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +2768 days 🔍
10/26/2017 +956 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: watson.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-4302 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 25251 - GSWTK Multiple System Call Wrappers Concurrency Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26469 - Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit Multiple Race Condition Vulnerabilities, Less Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 10/26/2017 09:18
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (55), 10/26/2017 09:18 (2)
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