CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in GNU C Library 2.7/2.10.2 (Software Library). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function getpwnam
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
nis/nss_nis/nis-pwd.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.7 and Embedded GLIBC (EGLIBC) 2.10.2 adds information from the passwd.adjunct.byname map to entries in the passwd map, which allows remote attackers to obtain the encrypted passwords of NIS accounts by calling the getpwnam function.
The issue has been introduced in 11/16/2009. The weakness was published 01/14/2010 (oss-sec). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0015 since 12/14/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 59 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44838 (Debian DSA-1973-1 : glibc, eglibc - information disclosure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165616 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update glibc (SUSE-SA:2010:052)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (55686) and Tenable (44838). Similar entries are available at 4995, 41728, 55959 and 55958.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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Exploiting
Class: Credentials managementCWE: CWE-255
ATT&CK: T1552
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 44838
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1973-1 : glibc, eglibc - information disclosure
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OpenVAS ID: 66770
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1973-1 (glibc, eglibc)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
11/16/2009 🔍11/26/2009 🔍
12/14/2009 🔍
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03/18/2015 🔍
08/31/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: gnu.orgAdvisory: openwall.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0015 (🔍)
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X-Force: 55686
Vulnerability Center: 24841 - GNU Glibc and Eglibc Remote Password Disclosure Vulnerability via NIS requests, Medium
SecurityFocus: 37885 - glibc and eglibc 'nis/nss_nis/nis-pwd.c' Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 08/31/2021 09:32
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (64), 02/21/2017 08:04 (11), 08/31/2021 09:32 (3)
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