rxvt up to 2.7.8 Screen Dump privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in rxvt up to 2.7.8. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Screen Dump Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2003-0022. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in rxvt up to 2.7.8 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Screen Dump 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

The "screen dump" feature in rxvt 2.7.8 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 bug was discovered 02/24/2003. The weakness was released 03/03/2003 by H D Moore (DiGiT) with Digital Defense (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0022. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14018 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : rxvt (MDKSA-2003:034)), 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 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11413), Tenable (14018), SecurityFocus (BID 6938†), OSVDB (12656†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-15115†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-20155, VDB-20157, VDB-20158 and VDB-20160. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 14018
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : rxvt (MDKSA-2003:034)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/24/2003 🔍
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03/03/2003 +7 days 🔍
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08/07/2014 +2641 days 🔍
07/19/2019 +1807 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2003-0022 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0022
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20156
X-Force: 11413
SecurityFocus: 6938 - RXVT Screen Dump Escape Sequence Local File Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: 12656 - RXVT - Screen Dump Escape Sequence - Local File Corruption Issue
Vulnerability Center: 15115 - RXVT 2.7.8 \, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 18:04
Updated: 07/19/2019 09:47
Changes: 08/07/2014 18:04 (70), 07/19/2019 09:47 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:D4D:103

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