GNU fingerd privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU fingerd. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-0150. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GNU fingerd (version unknown). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

the perl fingerd program allows arbitrary command execution from remote users.

The weakness was presented 07/01/1997 by Iain Wade. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0150. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 326. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2308.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (625), SecurityFocus (BID 974†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-692†). See VDB-15308 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 326
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-FINGER remote command execution attempt
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Suricata ID: 2100326
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Timelineinfo

07/01/1997 🔍
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02/04/2000 +948 days 🔍
01/22/2003 +1083 days 🔍
06/18/2014 +4165 days 🔍
05/08/2019 +1785 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Researcher: Iain Wade
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0150 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0150
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13923
X-Force: 625
SecurityFocus: 974 - Finger Server Pipe Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 692 - The Perl Fingerd program allows arbitrary command execution from remote users., High

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 11:59
Updated: 05/08/2019 09:47
Changes: 06/18/2014 11:59 (61), 05/08/2019 09:47 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:D54:103

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