Michael Jennings Eterm 0.8.10/0.9.1 Windows Title privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Michael Jennings Eterm 0.8.10/0.9.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Windows Title Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0068. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Michael Jennings Eterm 0.8.10/0.9.1 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Windows Title 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Eterm terminal emulator 0.9.1 and earlier allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user s terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

The weakness was shared 03/03/2003 by H D Moore (DiGiT) with Digital Defense (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-0068. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15333 (Debian DSA-496-1 : eterm - missing input sanitising), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11414), Tenable (15333) and SecurityFocus (BID 10237†). The entries VDB-20155, VDB-20156, VDB-20157 and VDB-20158 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 15333
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-496-1 : eterm - missing input sanitising
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OpenVAS ID: 53186
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 496-1 (eterm)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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05/01/2019 +1728 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2003-0068 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0068
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20164
X-Force: 11414
SecurityFocus: 10237 - ETerm Window Title Reporting Escape Sequence Command Execution Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/07/2014 18:06
Updated: 05/01/2019 10:00
Changes: 08/07/2014 18:06 (68), 05/01/2019 10:00 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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