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A vulnerability was found in X.org X11 (Windowing System Software) (affected version not known). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument -logfile
with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability (File). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 03/20/2006 by Daniel Stone with Coverity (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-0745. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21441 (FreeBSD : xorg-server -- privilege escalation (61534682-b8f4-11da-8e62-000e0c33c2dc)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 20 hours after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (21441). The entry 2093 is pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Name: FileClass: Privileges management / File
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21441
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : xorg-server -- privilege escalation (61534682-b8f4-11da-8e62-000e0c33c2dc)
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Timeline
02/17/2006 🔍03/20/2006 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: x.orgAdvisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: Daniel Stone
Organization: Coverity
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2006-0745 (🔍)
X-Force: 25341
SecurityFocus: 17169 - X.Org X Window Server Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 19307 - X.Org X11 User Privilege Checking Security Bypass, Less Critical
OSVDB: 24001 - X.Org / X11 -logfile Parameter Arbitrary File Overwrite
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 05/06/2016 08:12Updated: 07/29/2022 03:49
Changes: 05/06/2016 08:12 (57), 11/17/2018 11:42 (9), 07/29/2022 03:34 (4), 07/29/2022 03:42 (8), 07/29/2022 03:49 (1)
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