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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Amdahl Unix UTS (Operating System) (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block of the file /etc/passwd. The manipulation of the argument comment
with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 08/25/1981 by Tom Truscott and James Ellis (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitydigest.org. Technical details and a exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.
The entries 76405, 94828, 94829 and 94830 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timeline
08/25/1981 🔍08/25/1981 🔍
09/12/2002 🔍
01/02/2017 🔍
07/12/2020 🔍
Sources
Advisory: securitydigest.orgResearcher: Tom Truscott, James Ellis
Status: Not defined
OSVDB: 532 - Amdahl Unix (UTS) /etc/passwd Comment Field Modification Privilege Escalation
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 01/02/2017 17:15Updated: 07/12/2020 20:04
Changes: 01/02/2017 17:15 (45), 07/12/2020 20:04 (1)
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