Openfabrics ibacm 1.0.7 access control

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Openfabrics ibacm 1.0.7. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

ibacm 1.0.7 creates files with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to overwrite the ib_acm daemon log or ibacm.port file.

The weakness was published 10/22/2012 by Florian Weimer with Red Hat Product Security Team as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). The advisory is shared for download at git.openfabrics.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-4518 since 08/21/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful 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 65143 (CentOS 6 : ibacm / ibsim / ibutils / infiniband-diags / infinipath-psm / libibmad / libibumad / etc (CESA-2013:0509)), 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 156536 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for rdma security, bug fix and enhancement update (ELSA-2013-0509)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.openfabrics.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79397) and Tenable (65143). Similar entry is available at 62739.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.1
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 65143
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 : ibacm / ibsim / ibutils / infiniband-diags / infinipath-psm / libibmad / libibumad / etc (CESA-2013:0509)
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OpenVAS ID: 881628
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for ibacm CESA-2013:0509 centos6
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: d204fca2b6298d7799e918141ea8e11e7ad43cec

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2013:0509
Researcher: Florian Weimer
Organization: Red Hat Product Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-4518 (🔍)
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X-Force: 79397
Vulnerability Center: 38518 - ibacm 1.0.7 File Creation With World Writable Permissions Allows Local File Overwrite, Low
SecurityFocus: 55890 - ibacm Denial of Service And Insecure File Permissions Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22 PM
Updated: 12/19/2021 02:46 PM
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 PM (67), 04/24/2017 10:59 PM (7), 12/19/2021 02:44 PM (4), 12/19/2021 02:46 PM (1)
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