Michael Jennings Eterm 0.8.10/0.9.1 Screen Dump privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Michael Jennings Eterm 0.8.10/0.9.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Screen Dump Handler. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2003-0021. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Michael Jennings Eterm 0.8.10/0.9.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Screen Dump Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The "screen dump" feature in Eterm 0.9.1 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a certain character escape sequence when it is echoed to a user s terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence.

The weakness was published 03/03/2003 by H D Moore (DiGiT) with Digital Defense (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0021. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14024 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : Eterm (MDKSA-2003:040)), 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 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11413), Tenable (14024) and SecurityFocus (BID 6936†). Similar entries are available at VDB-20156, VDB-20157, VDB-20158 and VDB-20160. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 14024
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : Eterm (MDKSA-2003:040)
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02/24/2003 🔍
03/03/2003 +7 days 🔍
03/03/2003 +0 days 🔍
04/01/2003 +29 days 🔍
07/31/2004 +487 days 🔍
08/07/2014 +3659 days 🔍
04/21/2019 +1718 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: H D Moore (DiGiT)
Organization: Digital Defense
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0021 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0021
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20155
X-Force: 11413
SecurityFocus: 6936 - Eterm Screen Dump Escape Sequence Local File Corruption Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 18:04
Updated: 04/21/2019 20:49
Changes: 08/07/2014 18:04 (64), 04/21/2019 20:49 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:62E:103

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