W1.fi hostapd 0.7.3 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in W1.fi hostapd 0.7.3. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-2389. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in W1.fi hostapd 0.7.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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. CVE summarizes:

hostapd 0.7.3, and possibly other versions before 1.0, uses 0644 permissions for /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information such as credentials.

The weakness was disclosed 06/21/2012 as Bug 824660 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2389 since 04/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59421 (Fedora 15 : hostapd-0.7.3-2.1.fc15 (2012-8611)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 0.7.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76629), Tenable (59421), SecurityFocus (BID 54093†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35496†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 59421
Nessus Name: Fedora 15 : hostapd-0.7.3-2.1.fc15 (2012-8611)
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OpenVAS ID: 864290
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for hostapd FEDORA-2012-8611
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: hostapd 0.7.3

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04/19/2012 🔍
05/23/2012 +34 days 🔍
05/23/2012 +0 days 🔍
06/08/2012 +16 days 🔍
06/21/2012 +13 days 🔍
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07/09/2012 +18 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +987 days 🔍
12/05/2021 +2449 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 824660
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-2389 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2389
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61052
X-Force: 76629
SecurityFocus: 54093 - hostapd 'hostapd.conf' Configuration File Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 35496 - Hostapd 0.7.3 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 12/05/2021 07:48 AM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (61), 04/14/2017 01:59 PM (9), 12/05/2021 07:48 AM (3)
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Cache ID: 244:F4A:40

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