Michael Bischoff xsok 1.02 Privilege privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Michael Bischoff xsok 1.02. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Privilege Handler. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2003-0949. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Michael Bischoff xsok 1.02. This affects some unknown processing of the component Privilege 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:

xsok 1.02 does not properly drop privileges before finding and executing the "gunzip" program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

The weakness was released 02/03/2004 by Steve Kemp (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0949 since 11/14/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for 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 15242 (Debian DSA-405-1 : xsok - missing privilege release), 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 X-Force (14098), Tenable (15242) and SecurityFocus (BID 9321†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-21591. 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: 15242
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-405-1 : xsok - missing privilege release
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OpenVAS ID: 53384
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 405-1 (xsok)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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11/14/2003 🔍
12/30/2003 +46 days 🔍
12/30/2003 +0 days 🔍
02/03/2004 +35 days 🔍
02/03/2004 +0 days 🔍
09/29/2004 +239 days 🔍
09/30/2014 +3653 days 🔍
04/22/2019 +1665 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Researcher: Steve Kemp
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0949 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0949
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21531
X-Force: 14098
SecurityFocus: 9321 - XSOK GunZip Path Environment Variable Local Command Execution Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2014 15:46
Updated: 04/22/2019 13:01
Changes: 09/30/2014 15:46 (65), 04/22/2019 13:01 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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