VDB-13892 · CVE-1999-1184 · EDB 22836

ELM 2.3/2.4 TERM memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ELM 2.3/2.4 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument TERM as part of Environment Variable leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1184. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ELM 2.3/2.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument TERM as part of a Environment Variable leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

buffer overflow in elm 2.4 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long term environmental variable.

The weakness was disclosed 05/13/1997 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1184. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (22836). marc.theaimsgroup.com is providing further details. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/13/1997 🔍
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06/17/2014 +6244 days 🔍
09/22/2024 +3750 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1184 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1184
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13892
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 01:31
Updated: 09/22/2024 23:18
Changes: 06/18/2014 01:31 (43), 05/19/2018 09:47 (6), 09/22/2024 23:18 (25)
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