Safenet Authentication Service Windows Logon Agent ACL access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Safenet Authentication Service Windows Logon Agent. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component ACL. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-7966. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Safenet Authentication Service Windows Logon Agent (unknown version) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component ACL. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SafeNet Authentication Service Windows Logon Agent uses a weak ACL for unspecified installation directories and executable modules, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying an executable module, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7965.

The bug was discovered 03/31/2016. The weakness was disclosed 03/02/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at safenet.gemalto.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-7966 since 10/23/2015. Attacking locally is a requirement. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 701 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.

The entries VDB-113999, VDB-114000, VDB-114001 and VDB-114002 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

10/23/2015 🔍
03/31/2016 +160 days 🔍
03/02/2018 +701 days 🔍
03/02/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/03/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/10/2020 +678 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: safenet.gemalto.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-7966 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7966
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114007
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/03/2018 10:03
Updated: 01/10/2020 07:10
Changes: 03/03/2018 10:03 (57), 01/10/2020 07:10 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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