Stichting Mathematisch Centrum Nethack 3.4.0 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Stichting Mathematisch Centrum Nethack 3.4.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2003-0359. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Stichting Mathematisch Centrum Nethack 3.4.0. This issue affects some unknown functionality. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

nethack 3.4.0 and earlier installs certain setgid binaries with insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing the original binaries with malicious code.

The weakness was presented 07/24/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0359 since 05/29/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 15153 (Debian DSA-316-1 : nethack - buffer overflow, incorrect permissions), 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 before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (15153) and SecurityFocus (BID 6806†). See VDB-20511 for similar entry. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 15153
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-316-1 : nethack - buffer overflow, incorrect permissions
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OpenVAS ID: 53605
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 316-1 (nethack)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/29/2003 🔍
06/11/2003 +13 days 🔍
07/24/2003 +43 days 🔍
07/24/2003 +0 days 🔍
09/29/2004 +433 days 🔍
08/14/2014 +3606 days 🔍
06/14/2018 +1400 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0359 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0359
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20603
SecurityFocus: 6806

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2014 18:16
Updated: 06/14/2018 11:10
Changes: 08/14/2014 18:16 (57), 06/14/2018 11:10 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:2CF:103

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