Hummingbird Connectivity 7.1/9.0 Administration access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hummingbird Connectivity 7.1/9.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Administration. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2729. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hummingbird Connectivity 7.1/9.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Administration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Inetd32 Administration Tool of Hummingbird Connectivity 7.1 and 9.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by changing the program for handling incoming connections.

The weakness was released 10/26/2004 by CESG Network Defence Team with CESG (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-2729 since 10/08/2007. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38338 (Hummingbird Connectivity INETD32 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17854), SecurityFocus (BID 11539†), OSVDB (11132†), Secunia (SA12984†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1011942†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-23595. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Hummingbird

Name

Connectivity

Version

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: CESG Network Defence Team
Organization: CESG
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-2729 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2729
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23596
X-Force: 17854 - Hummingbird Connectivity allows elevated privileges
SecurityFocus: 11539 - Hummingbird Connectivity INETD32 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 12984 - Hummingbird Connectivity Two Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 11132 - Hummingbird Connectivity Inetd32 Administration Tool Local Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1011942

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 07/05/2025 19:52
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (60), 06/30/2018 09:18 (8), 07/05/2025 19:52 (18)
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