IcedTea6 up to 1.7.3 authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IcedTea6 up to 1.7.3 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2548. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IcedTea6 up to 1.7.3. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IcedTea6 before 1.7.4 does not properly check property access, which allows unsigned apps to read and write arbitrary files.

The bug was discovered 08/16/2010. The weakness was disclosed 10/31/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at blog.fuseyism.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2548 since 06/30/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48349 (Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : openjdk-6 vulnerabilities (USN-971-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165214 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2010:016)).

Upgrading to version 1.7.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (48349) and OSVDB (75193†). The entry VDB-144723 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 9.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 48349
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : openjdk-6 vulnerabilities (USN-971-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 18627
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Linux Local Check: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-32
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IcedTea6 1.7.4

Timelineinfo

06/30/2010 🔍
08/16/2010 +47 days 🔍
08/16/2010 +0 days 🔍
08/17/2010 +1 days 🔍
10/31/2019 +3362 days 🔍
11/01/2019 +1 days 🔍
02/02/2025 +1919 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blog.fuseyism.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-2548 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2548
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-144722

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OSVDB: 75193

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/01/2019 08:43
Updated: 02/02/2025 00:22
Changes: 11/01/2019 08:43 (42), 11/01/2019 08:48 (28), 02/02/2025 00:22 (20)
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Cache ID: 216:C3E:103

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