Sun JDK 1.5.0/1.6.0 LD_LIBRARY_PATH Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability was found in Sun JDK 1.5.0/1.6.0 (Programming Tool Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block in the library LD_LIBRARY_PATH. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23 and earlier for Solaris and Linux; 5.0 Update 27 and earlier for Solaris and Linux; and 1.4.2_29 and earlier for Solaris and Linux allows local standalone applications to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Launcher. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the February 2011 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor that this issue is an untrusted search path vulnerability involving an empty LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.

The weakness was released 02/17/2011 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-4450. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/17/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 53421 (CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2011:0281)), 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 119309 (HP-UX Running Java Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX02685)).

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 (65406) and Tenable (53421). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 56532, 56531, 56530 and 56529.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 53421
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2011:0281)
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OpenVAS ID: 69567
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2224-1 (openjdk-6)
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12/06/2010 🔍
02/15/2011 +71 days 🔍
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02/20/2011 +3 days 🔍
03/20/2015 +1489 days 🔍
10/17/2021 +2403 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0281
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4450 (🔍)
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X-Force: 65406
Vulnerability Center: 29838 - [javacpufeb2011-304611] Launcher Component for Sun Java Local Unspecified Vulnerability via Unknown Vectors, Low
SecurityFocus: 46397 - Oracle Java SE and Java for Business CVE-2010-4450 Remote Java Runtime Environment Vulnerability
Secunia: 43350

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Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/17/2021 09:06
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (64), 03/16/2017 15:25 (9), 10/17/2021 09:00 (6), 10/17/2021 09:01 (1), 10/17/2021 09:06 (2)
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