VDB-23346 · CVE-2004-2459 · OSVDB 7250

GNU gnubiff up to 1.2.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in GNU gnubiff up to 1.2.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2004-2459. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to add additional authentication.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GNU gnubiff up to 1.2.0. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

unknown vulnerability in gnubiff 1.2.0 and earlier allows local users to obtain passwords related to the password table.

The weakness was released 12/31/2004 (Website). The advisory is available at osvdb.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-2459 since 08/20/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (7250†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-23348 and VDB-23347. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

gnubiff

Version

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.gnu.org/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Authentication
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

06/25/2004 🔍
12/31/2004 +188 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +0 days 🔍
08/20/2005 +232 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3488 days 🔍
06/29/2018 +1208 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: osvdb.org⛔
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2004-2459 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2459
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23346
OSVDB: 7250 - gnubiff Unspecified Password Table Weakness

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 06/29/2018 10:29
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (48), 06/29/2018 10:29 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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