iwconfig Home memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in iwconfig. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation of the argument Home as part of Environment Variable leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-0948. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in iwconfig (affected version not known). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument HOME as part of a Environment Variable leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in iwconfig allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

The weakness was shared 10/27/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0948 since 11/13/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at icis.digitalparadox.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (1215), SecurityFocus (BID 8901†) and OSVDB (11752†). The entry VDB-21043 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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10/27/2003 🔍
10/27/2003 +0 days 🔍
11/13/2003 +17 days 🔍
12/15/2003 +32 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +115 days 🔍
08/21/2014 +3786 days 🔍
11/25/2024 +3749 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0948 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0948
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21044
SecurityFocus: 8901 - IWConfig Local ARGV Command Line Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 11752 - iwconfig Long Multiple Environment Variable Local Overflow

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/21/2014 17:37
Updated: 11/25/2024 05:14
Changes: 08/21/2014 17:37 (48), 07/04/2017 08:01 (10), 11/25/2024 05:14 (20)
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