VDB-94853 · OSVDB 19045

Unix IOCTL Call Hijacking privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Unix (Operating System) (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown part of the component IOCTL Call Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability (Hijacking). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 07/05/1984. The weakness was presented 01/21/1985 (Website). The advisory is shared at securitydigest.org. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. 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 declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 200 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See 94850, 94851 and 94852 for similar entries.

Productinfo

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License

  • commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Hijacking
Class: Privileges management / Hijacking
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/05/1984 🔍
01/21/1985 +200 days 🔍
01/21/1985 +0 days 🔍
08/29/2005 +7524 days 🔍
01/02/2017 +4143 days 🔍
07/13/2020 +1288 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securitydigest.org
Status: Not defined
OSVDB: 19045 - Unix at ioctl Call Arbitrary Terminal Hijack

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/02/2017 05:16 PM
Updated: 07/13/2020 09:09 AM
Changes: 01/02/2017 05:16 PM (42), 07/13/2020 09:09 AM (2)
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