cdrtools cdrecord 1.11/2.0 environment Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in cdrtools cdrecord 1.11/2.0. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument environment results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2004-0806. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in cdrtools cdrecord 1.11/2.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument environment with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

cdrecord in the cdrtools package before 2.01, when installed setuid root, does not properly drop privileges before executing a program specified in the RSH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges.

The bug was discovered 08/31/2004. The weakness was disclosed 08/31/2004 by Max Vozeler as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0806 since 08/25/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

After 2 weeks, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at caughq.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14702 (Fedora Core 2 : cdrtools-2.01-0.a27.4.FC2.3 (2004-298)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version bis 2.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17303), Exploit-DB (438), Tenable (14702), SecurityFocus (BID 11075†) and OSVDB (9779†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 14702
Nessus Name: Fedora Core 2 : cdrtools-2.01-0.a27.4.FC2.3 (2004-298)
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OpenVAS ID: 54674
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200409-18 (cdrtools)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cdrecord bis 2.0

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Max Vozeler
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0806 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0806
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22632

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X-Force: 17303
SecurityFocus: 11075 - CDRTools RSH Environment Variable Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 12481 - cdrecord Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 9779 - cdrecord RSH Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1011091
Vulnerability Center: 8292 - CDRTools 2.0.3 Allows Gaining Eleveted Privileges via RSH, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:27
Updated: 12/16/2024 04:14
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:27 (93), 06/05/2019 08:18 (1), 12/02/2024 20:03 (16), 12/16/2024 04:14 (1)
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