Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript up to 5.50 LD_RUN_PATH privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript 4.3/5.10.10/5.10.15/5.10cl/5.50. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument LD_RUN_PATH as part of Environment Variable leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-1163. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript 4.3/5.10.10/5.10.15/5.10cl/5.50 (Document Processing Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument LD_RUN_PATH as part of a Environment Variable 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:

ghostscript before 5.10-16 uses an empty LD_RUN_PATH environmental variable to find libraries in the current directory, which could allow local users to execute commands as other users by placing a Trojan horse library into a directory from which another user executes ghostscript.

The weakness was shared 01/09/2001 with Caldera (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at calderasystems.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-1163. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61860 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ghostscript (MDKSA-2000:074)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading 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 X-Force (5564), Tenable (61860) and SecurityFocus (BID 1991†). The entry VDB-16318 is related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
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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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Nessus ID: 61860
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ghostscript (MDKSA-2000:074)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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11/22/2000 🔍
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01/09/2001 +48 days 🔍
01/09/2001 +0 days 🔍
09/06/2012 +4258 days 🔍
07/02/2014 +664 days 🔍
05/28/2018 +1426 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: calderasystems.com
Organization: Caldera
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-1163 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-1163
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16319
X-Force: 5564 - Ghostscript environment variable shared library
SecurityFocus: 1991 - Aladdin Ghostscript Arbitrary Shared Library Usage Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 17:25
Updated: 05/28/2018 10:35
Changes: 07/02/2014 17:25 (64), 05/28/2018 10:35 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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