XFree86 X11r6 up to 4.3.0 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in XFree86 X11r6 up to 4.3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2004-0106. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in XFree86 X11r6 up to 4.3.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unknown vulnerabilities in XFree86 4.1.0 to 4.3.0, related to improper handling of font files, a different set of vulnerabilities than CVE-2004-0083 and CVE-2004-0084.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2004. The weakness was released 03/03/2004 (Website). The advisory is available at slackware.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-0106. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 19 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12625 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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 X-Force (15206), Tenable (12625), SecurityFocus (BID 9655†), OSVDB (6883†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8640†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 12625
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OpenVAS ID: 53680
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 443-1 (xfree86)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/12/2004 🔍
02/13/2004 +1 days 🔍
03/03/2004 +19 days 🔍
03/03/2004 +0 days 🔍
03/03/2004 +0 days 🔍
07/24/2005 +508 days 🔍
10/15/2014 +3370 days 🔍
06/29/2021 +2449 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: slackware.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0106 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0106
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21626

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X-Force: 15206
SecurityFocus: 9655 - XFree86 Unspecified Fontfile Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
OSVDB: 6883 - XFree86 improper handling of multiple font files
Vulnerability Center: 8640 - Multiple Unknown Vulnerabilities in XFree86 4.1.0 - 4.3.0 Handling of Font Files, High

Entryinfo

Created: 10/15/2014 15:15
Updated: 06/29/2021 14:49
Changes: 10/15/2014 15:15 (54), 06/07/2019 09:49 (11), 06/29/2021 14:49 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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