Quest Privilege Manager 6.0.0-27/6.0.0-50 pmmasterd access control
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A vulnerability was found in Quest Privilege Manager 6.0.0-27/6.0.0-50. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component pmmasterd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
pmmasterd in Quest Privilege Manager 6.0.0-27 and 6.0.0-50 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and consequently execute arbitrary code with root privileges via an ACT_NEWFILESENT action.
The bug was discovered 05/05/2017. The weakness was published 04/14/2017 as EDB-ID 41861 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-6554 since 03/08/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371219 (Quest Privilege Manager For Unix Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (41861). Similar entry is available at 100728.
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
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Access: Public
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Sources
Vendor: quest.comAdvisory: EDB-ID 41861
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-6554 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 97686 - Quest Privilege Manager CVE-2017-6554 Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-6554 - Quest - Privilege Manager - Arbitrary File Overwrite Issue
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 04/15/2017 15:31Updated: 08/31/2020 14:21
Changes: 04/15/2017 15:31 (64), 08/31/2020 14:21 (8)
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