Host NIS+ Service privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Host. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component NIS+ Service. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0653. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to modify the configuration settings.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Host (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component NIS+ Service. 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. The summary by CVE is:

A component service related to NIS+ is running.

The weakness was disclosed 01/01/1999. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0653. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10158 (NIS Server Detection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family RPC and running in the context r.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting . Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 623.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (261), Tenable (10158) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-424†). The entries VDB-14419, VDB-14416, VDB-14415 and VDB-14414 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional

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Nessus ID: 10158
Nessus Name: NIS Server Detection
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Config
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Timelineinfo

01/01/1999 🔍
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01/01/1999 +0 days 🔍
08/30/1999 +241 days 🔍
12/19/2002 +1207 days 🔍
06/19/2014 +4200 days 🔍
06/23/2021 +2561 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0653 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0653
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14417
X-Force: 261
Vulnerability Center: 424 - Ypserv RPC Service Related to NIS is Running, Info

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2014 01:41
Updated: 06/23/2021 09:01
Changes: 06/20/2014 01:41 (57), 05/06/2019 17:52 (2), 06/23/2021 09:01 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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