vips 7.22.2 LD_LIBRARY_PATH privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in vips 7.22.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality in the library LD_LIBRARY_PATH. 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 summary by CVE is:

The vips-7.22 script in VIPS 7.22.2 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.

The weakness was published 10/20/2010 by Raphael Geissert (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-3364 since 09/15/2010. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72138 (GLSA-201401-29 : VIPS: Privilege Escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

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 (64425) and Tenable (72138).

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 72138
Nessus Name: GLSA-201401-29 : VIPS: Privilege Escalation
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OpenVAS ID: 863988
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for nip2 FEDORA-2011-10769
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09/28/2010 +13 days 🔍
10/20/2010 +22 days 🔍
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08/28/2011 +312 days 🔍
01/27/2014 +883 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +416 days 🔍
09/27/2021 +2384 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.debian.org
Researcher: Raphael Geissert
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3364 (🔍)
X-Force: 64425
Vulnerability Center: 32851 - VIPS 7.22.2 Local Privileges Escalation Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 44344 - VIPS 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/27/2021 19:33
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (57), 03/30/2017 09:48 (11), 09/27/2021 19:33 (3)
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