VDB-13754 · CVE-1999-1187 · Bug 19960826

University of Washington Pine 3.94 Lockfile privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in University of Washington Pine 3.94. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Lockfile Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-1187. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in University of Washington Pine 3.94. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Lockfile Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

pine before version 3.94 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a lockfile that is created when a user receives new mail.

The weakness was shared 08/26/1996 as 19960826 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1187. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (416). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

FreeBSD 2.1.0
Slackware Linux 3.0

Productinfo

Vendor

University of Washington

Name

Pine

Version

3.94

License

free

Website

Vendor: https://www.washington.edu/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/26/1996 🔍
08/26/1996 +0 days 🔍
06/17/2014 +6504 days 🔍
06/23/2021 +2563 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: washington.edu

Advisory: 19960826
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-1999-1187 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1187
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13754
X-Force: 416 - Pine tmpfile symlink bug

Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 17:20
Updated: 06/23/2021 02:07
Changes: 06/17/2014 17:20 (47), 05/18/2018 09:22 (6), 06/23/2021 02:07 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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