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5.0	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Half-Life Dedicated Server up to 4.1.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function allowdownloads. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 11/19/2003 by 3APA3A (Website). The advisory is shared for download at security.nnov.ru. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/27/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at valvesoftware.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (11040). directory.google.com is providing further details.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Half-Life

Name

• Dedicated Server

Version

• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

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• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
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💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Disable
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: valvesoftware.com

Timelineinfo

11/19/2003 🔍
11/19/2003 +0 days 🔍
11/20/2003 +1 days 🔍
11/20/2003 +0 days 🔍
11/24/2003 +3 days 🔍
06/27/2019 +5694 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: security.nnov.ru
Researcher: 3APA3A
Status: Not defined
X-Force: 11040 - Half-Life Server StatsMe statsme.cpp format string attack, High Risk
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 9070 - Valve Software Half-Life Dedicated Server Information Disclosure/DOS Vulnerability
Secunia: 10263 - Half-Life Dedicated Server Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 2841 - Half-Life Dedicated Server Arbitrary File Download

Misc.: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 11/24/2003 10:22
Updated: 06/27/2019 10:17
Changes: 11/24/2003 10:22 (63), 06/27/2019 10:17 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 3:CBE:103

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