Sophster Suite 0.9.6 permissions Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Sophster Suite 0.9.6. This vulnerability affects the function permissions. Executing a manipulation can lead to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2004-2611. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophster Suite 0.9.6. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function permissions. 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:

the change permissions function in the sophster suite before 0.9.6 28 may 2004 (aka 0.9.6-r5) possibly including sophster freesophster and freesophsterpam removes the (1) setuid (2) setgid and (3) sticky bits when changing a file which might allow attackers to gain privileges or conduct other unauthorized activities.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at osvdb.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-2611 since 12/04/2005. 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.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16359), OSVDB (6657†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1010431†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

06/05/2004 🔍
06/08/2004 +2 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +206 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/04/2005 +338 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3382 days 🔍
07/19/2017 +863 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: osvdb.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-2611 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2611
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23488
X-Force: 16359 - Sophster Change Permissions file access
OSVDB: 6657 - Sophster Change Permission Function
SecurityTracker: 1010431 - Sophster 'Change Permissions' May Let Local Users Access Files

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 07/19/2017 09:59
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (50), 07/19/2017 09:59 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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