CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.6 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Debian loop-aes-utils (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
mount and umount in util-linux and loop-aes-utils call the setuid and setgid functions in the wrong order and do not check the return values, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via helpers such as mount.nfs.
The bug was discovered 09/20/2007. The weakness was disclosed 10/04/2007 by Ludwig Nussel as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-5191 since 10/04/2007. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67589 (Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : util-linux (ELSA-2007-0969)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (37023) and Tenable (67589).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 67589
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : util-linux (ELSA-2007-0969)
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OpenVAS ID: 60103
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1449-1 (loop-aes-utils)
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Patch: git.kernel.org
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Sources
Vendor: debian.orgAdvisory: git.kernel.org
Researcher: Ludwig Nussel
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5191 (🔍)
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X-Force: 37023
SecurityTracker: 1018782
Vulnerability Center: 16613 - Linux Kernel Mount and Umount Vulnerability Allows Local Attackers to Gain Elevated Privileges, High
SecurityFocus: 25973 - util-linux mount umount Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 27104
OSVDB: 40912 - CVE-2007-5191 - util-linux - Privilege Escalation Issue
Vupen: ADV-2007-3417
Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 12:18Updated: 07/28/2019 23:28
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (83), 07/28/2019 23:28 (4)
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