rxvt-unicode 8.7 Terminal access control

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A vulnerability was found in rxvt-unicode 8.7. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown part of the component Terminal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: it was later reported that rxvt-unicode, mrxvt, aterm, multi-aterm, and wterm are also affected. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.

The bug was discovered 03/28/2008. The weakness was released 04/07/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-1142 since 03/04/2008. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34042 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : rxvt-unicode (rxvt-unicode-5541)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41539) and Tenable (34042). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-41864.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 34042
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : rxvt-unicode (rxvt-unicode-5541)
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OpenVAS ID: 830519
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for mysql MDVA-2012:049 (mysql)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/04/2008 🔍
03/28/2008 +24 days 🔍
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04/07/2008 +7 days 🔍
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05/11/2008 +34 days 🔍
08/14/2008 +95 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2395 days 🔍
08/10/2019 +1608 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-1142 (🔍)
X-Force: 41539
Vulnerability Center: 18349 - RXVT Vulnerability Allows Local Users to Execute Arbitrary Commands on the System, Low
SecurityFocus: 28512 - Multiple X11 Terminals Missing DISPLAY Variable Local Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 29576
OSVDB: 43902 - Multiple vendor terminal emulator x11 privilege escalation

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/10/2019 09:14
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (71), 08/10/2019 09:14 (8)
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Cache ID: 3:4D0:103

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