Gert Doering mgetty 1.1.29 faxspool privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Gert Doering mgetty 1.1.29. Affected is an unknown function of the component faxspool. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1392. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gert Doering mgetty 1.1.29. It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality of the component faxspool. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

faxspool in mgetty before 1.1.29 uses a world-writable spool directory for outgoing faxes, which allows local users to modify fax transmission privileges.

The bug was discovered 11/25/2002. The weakness was published 01/17/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared at search.alphanet.ch. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1392. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 53 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14037 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mgetty (MDKSA-2003:053-1)), 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 to version 1.1.29 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11070), Tenable (14037), SecurityFocus (BID 7302†), OSVDB (11862†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-15106†). Similar entry is available at VDB-20084. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 14037
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mgetty (MDKSA-2003:053-1)
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Upgrade: mgetty 1.1.29

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11/25/2002 🔍
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01/17/2003 +53 days 🔍
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05/06/2003 +109 days 🔍
07/31/2004 +452 days 🔍
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08/07/2014 +2641 days 🔍
07/19/2019 +1807 days 🔍

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Advisory: search.alphanet.ch
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-1392 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1392
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20085
X-Force: 11070
SecurityFocus: 7302 - MGetty Spool Directory World Writeable Permissions Vulnerability
OSVDB: 11862 - MGetty - Spool Directory - World Writeable Permissions Issue
Vulnerability Center: 15106 - mgetty Faxspool World-Writable Spool Directory Allows Local Fax Transmission Privileges Modification, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 16:58
Updated: 07/19/2019 09:23
Changes: 08/07/2014 16:58 (64), 07/19/2019 09:23 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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