Thermostat up to 1.0.3 Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Thermostat up to 1.0.3. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The agent in Thermostat before 1.0.6, when using unspecified configurations, allows local users to obtain the JMX management URLs of all local Java virtual machines and gain privileges via unknown vectors.

The weakness was presented 12/18/2014 with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is available at icedtea.classpath.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-8120 since 10/10/2014. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80422 (Fedora 21 : thermostat-1.0.6-1.fc21 (2014-17384)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123130 (Fedora Security Update for thermostat (FEDORA-2014-17415)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (80422), SecurityFocus (BID 71709†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47750†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 80422
Nessus Name: Fedora 21 : thermostat-1.0.6-1.fc21 (2014-17384)
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OpenVAS ID: 867549
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for thermostat FEDORA-2014-17415
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thermostat 1.0.4

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10/10/2014 🔍
12/16/2014 +67 days 🔍
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01/09/2015 +18 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +77 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2014:2000
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-8120 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8120
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73278
SecurityFocus: 71709 - Thermostat CVE-2014-8120 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 47750 - Thermostat Before 1.0.6 Local Privilege Escalation due to an Error in the Agent, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 02:56 PM
Updated: 12/10/2024 04:23 PM
Changes: 03/27/2015 02:56 PM (58), 06/16/2017 04:25 AM (8), 04/08/2022 12:53 AM (3), 04/08/2022 01:06 AM (1), 12/10/2024 04:23 PM (19)
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