hanterm-xf 2.0.5 Title privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in hanterm-xf 2.0.5. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Title Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2003-0077. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in hanterm-xf 2.0.5. This affects an unknown code of the component Title Handler. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The hanterm (hanterm-xf) terminal emulator 2.0.5 and earlier, and possibly later versions, 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 02/24/2003 by H D Moore (DiGiT) with Digital Defense (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at digitaldefense.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0077. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12371 (RHEL 2.1 : hanterm-xf (RHSA-2003:071)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115023 (Red Hat Hangul Terminal Package Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11414), Tenable (12371), SecurityFocus (BID 6944†), OSVDB (4917†) and Secunia (SA8956†). The entries VDB-20160, VDB-20161, VDB-20162 and VDB-20163 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 12371
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 : hanterm-xf (RHSA-2003:071)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/18/2003 +21 days 🔍
07/08/2003 +112 days 🔍
03/17/2004 +253 days 🔍
07/06/2004 +110 days 🔍
02/01/2005 +210 days 🔍
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05/29/2019 +1755 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: digitaldefense.net
Researcher: H D Moore (DiGiT)
Organization: Digital Defense
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0077 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0077
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20199
X-Force: 11414
SecurityFocus: 6944 - Hanterm-XF Loop-Based Escape Sequence Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 8956
OSVDB: 4917 - Hangul Terminal hanterm-xf Window Title Escape Sequence Arbitrary Command Execution
Vulnerability Center: 6967 - Code Execution in Hangul Terminal Packages via Command Line, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 08/08/2014 11:31
Updated: 05/29/2019 17:48
Changes: 08/08/2014 11:31 (78), 05/29/2019 17:48 (2)
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