eSeSIX Thintune Extreme up to 2.4.38 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in eSeSIX Thintune Extreme up to 2.4.38. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-2050. Moreover, an exploit is present. Additional authentication should be implemented.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in eSeSIX Thintune Extreme up to 2.4.38. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation 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:

eSeSIX Thintune thin clients running firmware 2.4.38 and earlier allow local users to gain privileges by pressing CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-DEL and entering the "maertsJ" password, which is hard-coded into lshell.

The bug was discovered 05/29/2004. The weakness was disclosed 07/24/2004 by Dirk Loss (Website). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-2050 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 56 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16808), SecurityFocus (BID 10794†), OSVDB (8248†), Secunia (SA12154†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1010770†). The entries VDB-21939, VDB-23001, VDB-23003 and VDB-23000 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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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: Proof-of-Concept

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OpenVAS ID: 13839
OpenVAS Name: eSeSIX Thintune Thin Client Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Authentication
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Timelineinfo

05/29/2004 🔍
07/24/2004 +56 days 🔍
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07/26/2004 +1 days 🔍
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12/31/2004 +157 days 🔍
05/04/2005 +124 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3596 days 🔍
07/17/2017 +861 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Dirk Loss
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-2050 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2050
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23002
X-Force: 16808 - Thintune password allows elevated privileges
SecurityFocus: 10794 - eSeSIX Thintune Thin Client Devices Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 12154 - Thintune Client Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 8248 - eSeSIX Thintune Client Default Physical Access Password
SecurityTracker: 1010770 - THINTUNE Backdoor Grants Root Access to Remote Users

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

Created: 03/09/2015 15:52
Updated: 07/17/2017 09:35
Changes: 03/09/2015 15:52 (67), 07/17/2017 09:35 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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