VDB-38288 · CVE-2007-4305 · BID 25258

Todd Miller sudo 1.6.3p7 Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Todd Miller sudo 1.6.3p7 (Operating System Utility Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple race conditions in the (1) Sudo monitor mode and (2) Sysjail policies in Systrace on NetBSD and OpenBSD allow local users to defeat system call interposition, and consequently bypass access control policy and auditing.

The weakness was presented 08/13/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at watson.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-4305 since 08/13/2007. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/21/2021).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/09/2007 🔍
08/13/2007 +4 days 🔍
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03/15/2015 +2771 days 🔍
07/21/2021 +2320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: watson.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-4305 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 25258 - Systrace Multiple System Call Wrappers Concurrency Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26479

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/21/2021 14:42
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (41), 06/16/2017 09:03 (6), 07/21/2021 14:42 (7)
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Cache ID: 13:3CF:103

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