efax 0.8a/0.9/0.9a Warning Message -d File information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in efax 0.8a/0.9/0.9a. This affects an unknown function of the component Warning Message Handler. Such manipulation of the argument -d leads to information disclosure (File). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-0129. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in efax 0.8a/0.9/0.9a. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Warning Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument -d with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (File). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

efax 0.9 and earlier, when installed setuid root, allows local users to read arbitrary files via the -d option, which prints the contents of the file in a warning message.

The weakness was released 03/25/2002 by H D Moore (DiGiT) (Website). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0129. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 databases at X-Force (7921) and SecurityFocus (BID 3895†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-18027. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: File
Class: Information disclosure / File
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

01/16/2002 🔍
03/25/2002 +68 days 🔍
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07/11/2014 +4491 days 🔍
06/06/2018 +1426 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: H D Moore (DiGiT)
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0129 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0129
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18026
X-Force: 7921 - efax -d command line option could allow an attacker to read arbitrary files
SecurityFocus: 3895 - EFax Arbitrary File Reading Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:46
Updated: 06/06/2018 10:52
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:46 (55), 06/06/2018 10:52 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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