FreeBSD up to 5.0 catopen LANG privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in FreeBSD up to 5.0 and classified as problematic. The affected element is the function catopen. This manipulation of the argument LANG as part of Environment Variable causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2000-1012. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in FreeBSD up to 5.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function catopen. The manipulation of the argument LANG as part of a Environment Variable leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The catopen function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to read arbitrary files via the LANG environmental variable.

The weakness was presented 12/11/2000 (Website). The advisory is shared at ftp.FreeBSD.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-1012. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

See VDB-16032 and VDB-16034 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

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Timelineinfo

12/11/2000 🔍
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06/30/2014 +4949 days 🔍
05/28/2018 +1428 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: freebsd.org

Advisory: ftp.FreeBSD.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-1012 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-1012
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16033
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/30/2014 16:30
Updated: 05/28/2018 09:10
Changes: 06/30/2014 16:30 (44), 05/28/2018 09:10 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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