Matt Kimball And Roger Wolff mtr 0.28/0.41 Setuid privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Matt Kimball And Roger Wolff mtr 0.28/0.41. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Setuid Handler. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2000-0172. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Matt Kimball And Roger Wolff mtr 0.28/0.41. Affected is an unknown function of the component Setuid Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

The mtr program only uses a seteuid call when attempting to drop privileges, which could allow local users to gain root privileges.

The weakness was disclosed 03/03/2000 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0172. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 0.42 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (19796) and SecurityFocus (BID 1038†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Turbolinux up to 6.0.2

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: mtr 0.42

Timelineinfo

03/03/2000 🔍
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03/03/2000 +0 days 🔍
06/23/2014 +5225 days 🔍
12/23/2024 +3836 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: This vulnerability was posted to the Bugtraq mailing list on March 3, 2000 by Viktor Fougstedt
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0172 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0172
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15372
SecurityFocus: 1038 - Multiple Vendor mtr Vulnerability

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/23/2014 23:29
Updated: 12/23/2024 13:03
Changes: 06/23/2014 23:29 (55), 05/23/2018 11:03 (1), 10/08/2020 12:38 (1), 12/23/2024 13:03 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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