SCO OpenServer 5.0.5/5.0.6/5.0.7 REMOTE_ADDR/PATH privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SCO OpenServer 5.0.5/5.0.6/5.0.7. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument REMOTE_ADDR/PATH as part of Environment Variable leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0742. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SCO OpenServer 5.0.5/5.0.6/5.0.7 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument REMOTE_ADDR/PATH as part of a Environment Variable 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. CVE summarizes:

SCO Internet Manager (mana) allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by setting the REMOTE_ADDR environment variable to cause menu.mana to run as if it were called from ncsa_httpd, then modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious "hostname" program.

The weakness was disclosed 10/06/2003. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0742 since 09/03/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

09/03/2003 🔍
10/06/2003 +33 days 🔍
10/06/2003 +0 days 🔍
08/14/2014 +3965 days 🔍
06/15/2018 +1401 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sco.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0742 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0742
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20852

Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2014 01:05
Updated: 06/15/2018 08:05
Changes: 08/15/2014 01:05 (40), 06/15/2018 08:05 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:3C5:103

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