Platform Load Sharing Facility 4.x/5.x/6.x Environment Variable privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Platform Load Sharing Facility 4.x/5.x/6.x and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation as part of Environment Variable causes privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0318. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Platform Load Sharing Facility 4.x/5.x/6.x and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation as part of a Environment Variable leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Load Sharing Facility (LSF) 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x uses the LSF_EAUTH_UID environment variable, if it exists, instead of the real UID of the user, which could allow remote attackers within the local cluster to gain privileges.

The weakness was shared 11/23/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0318. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. 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 X-Force (15278), Exploit-DB (23743) and SecurityFocus (BID 9724†). The entry VDB-22458 is related to this item. 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: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

02/23/2004 🔍
11/23/2004 +274 days 🔍
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01/09/2015 +3699 days 🔍
12/11/2024 +3624 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0318 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0318
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22459
X-Force: 15278 - Load Sharing Facility eauth component could allow attacker to hijack other user`s process
SecurityFocus: 9724 - Platform Load Sharing Facility EAuth Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

Created: 01/09/2015 17:01
Updated: 12/11/2024 04:34
Changes: 01/09/2015 17:01 (47), 07/08/2017 18:54 (6), 12/11/2024 04:34 (27)
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