Joerg Schilling Star Tape Archiver vor up to 1. environment Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Joerg Schilling Star Tape Archiver. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation of the argument environment can lead to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2004-0850. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Joerg Schilling Star Tape Archiver. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument environment with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Star before 1.5_alpha46 does not drop the effective user ID (euid) before calling external programs, which could allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the RSH environment variable to reference a malicious program.

The weakness was presented 12/23/2004 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0850 since 09/13/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14675 (GLSA-200409-11 : star: Suid root vulnerability), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version bis 1. eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17297), Tenable (14675), SecurityFocus (BID 11141†), SecurityTracker (ID 1011195†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-22834†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base 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: 14675
Nessus Name: GLSA-200409-11 : star: Suid root vulnerability
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OpenVAS ID: 54668
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200409-11 (star)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Star Tape Archiver bis 1.

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08/26/2004 🔍
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09/08/2004 +13 days 🔍
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09/13/2004 +5 days 🔍
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02/27/2015 +2054 days 🔍
11/21/2024 +3555 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0850 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0850
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22588
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X-Force: 17297
SecurityFocus: 11141 - Star Tape Archiver Local SetUID Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1011195 - Star Has Unspecified Flaw That May Let Local Users Gain Root Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 22834 - Star Tape Archiver < 1.5_alpha46 RSH Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High

Entryinfo

Created: 02/27/2015 23:37
Updated: 11/21/2024 01:39
Changes: 02/27/2015 23:37 (60), 02/11/2017 10:33 (13), 06/30/2021 15:01 (3), 11/21/2024 01:39 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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