BitlBee Privilege unix.c dropped privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in BitlBee. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file unix.c of the component Privilege Handler. Such manipulation leads to dropped privileges. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-1187. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in BitlBee (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file unix.c of the component Privilege Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a dropped privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-273. The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Bitlbee does not drop extra group privileges correctly in unix.c

The bug was discovered 03/20/2012. The weakness was presented 10/29/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-1187 since 02/14/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2779 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.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
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Class: Dropped privileges
CWE: CWE-273 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

02/14/2012 🔍
03/20/2012 +35 days 🔍
10/29/2019 +2779 days 🔍
10/30/2019 +1 days 🔍
01/29/2024 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 852
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-1187 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1187
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-144398

Entryinfo

Created: 10/30/2019 06:51
Updated: 01/29/2024 14:33
Changes: 10/30/2019 06:51 (36), 10/30/2019 06:56 (17), 01/29/2024 14:33 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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