Wesnoth up to 1.5.10 Whitelist access control

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A vulnerability was found in Wesnoth and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Whitelist. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The Python AI module in Wesnoth 1.4.x and 1.5 before 1.5.11 allows remote attackers to escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code by using a whitelisted module that imports an unsafe module, then using a hierarchical module name to access the unsafe module through the whitelisted module.

The bug was discovered 02/22/2009. The weakness was disclosed 03/04/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at wesnoth.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0367 since 01/29/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 35907 (Debian DSA-1737-1 : wesnoth - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175161 (Debian Security Update for Wesnoth (DSA-1737)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49058) and Tenable (35907). The entry 47100 is pretty similar.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 35907
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1737-1 : wesnoth - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 63534
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1737-1 (wesnoth)
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02/22/2009 +24 days 🔍
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03/04/2009 +7 days 🔍
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03/16/2009 +4 days 🔍
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08/30/2019 +1627 days 🔍

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Advisory: wesnoth.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0367 (🔍)
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X-Force: 49058
Vulnerability Center: 21277 - Wesnoth < 1.5.11 Python AI Whitelisted Module Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 33971 - Wesnoth PythonAI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 34058 - Wesnoth PythonAI Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 53877 - Wesnoth - PythonAI Remote Code Execution Issue
Vupen: ADV-2009-0595

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/30/2019 16:59
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (80), 08/30/2019 16:59 (5)
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