Michael A. Gumienny fcheck 2.57.59 Signature Check privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Michael A. Gumienny fcheck 2.57.59. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Signature Check Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2001-0370. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Michael A. Gumienny fcheck 2.57.59 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Signature Check Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input 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:

fcheck prior to 2.57.59 calls the file signature checking program insecurely, which can allow a local user to run arbitrary commands via a file name that contains shell metacharacters.

The weakness was presented 06/27/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0370. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6256). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

06/27/2001 🔍
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07/04/2014 +4755 days 🔍
05/31/2018 +1427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0370 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0370
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16853
X-Force: 6256 - FCheck open function allows the execution of commands

Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2014 16:38
Updated: 05/31/2018 10:14
Changes: 07/04/2014 16:38 (43), 05/31/2018 10:14 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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