Red Hat spice-xpi 2.2 link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat spice-xpi 2.2. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-2794. There is no exploit available. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat spice-xpi 2.2. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The SPICE (aka spice-xpi) plug-in 2.2 for Firefox allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified log file.

The weakness was shared 08/25/2010 by Petr Matousek as Bug 620356 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2794 since 07/22/2010. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/24/2021).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48743 (CentOS 5 : spice-xpi (CESA-2010:0651)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118473 (CentOS Security Update for SPICE (CESA-2010:0651)).

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 Tenable (48743), SecurityFocus (BID 42725†), OSVDB (67620†), Secunia (SA41120†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27114†). The entry VDB-54568 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 48743
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : spice-xpi (CESA-2010:0651)
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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07/22/2010 🔍
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09/24/2021 +2381 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 620356
Researcher: Petr Matousek
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2794 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2794
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54569

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SecurityFocus: 42725 - spice-xpi Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 41120 - Red Hat update for qspice-client and spice-xpi, Less Critical
OSVDB: 67620 - SPICE Plugin for Firefox Unspecified Log File Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite
Vulnerability Center: 27114 - SPICE Firefox Plugin 2.2 Local Arbitrary Files Overwrite via a Symlink Attack, Low
Vupen: ADV-2010-2181

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM
Updated: 09/24/2021 08:24 AM
Changes: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM (60), 03/04/2017 06:01 PM (15), 09/24/2021 08:24 AM (3)
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