Chessbrain up to 20407 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Chessbrain up to 20407. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1117. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Chessbrain up to 20407 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

the init scripts in chessbrain 20407 and earlier execute user-owned programs with root privileges which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the programs.

The weakness was released 01/10/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at gentoo.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1117 since 11/30/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15754 (GLSA-200411-26 : GIMPS, SETI@home, ChessBrain: Insecure installation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18149), Tenable (15754), SecurityFocus (BID 11700†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28868†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-23700 and VDB-23699. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 15754
Nessus Name: GLSA-200411-26 : GIMPS, SETI@home, ChessBrain: Insecure installation
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OpenVAS ID: 54747
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200411-26 (GIMPS,SETI@home,ChessBrain)
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11/17/2004 🔍
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11/30/2004 +13 days 🔍
01/10/2005 +41 days 🔍
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12/29/2010 +2179 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +1532 days 🔍
07/01/2021 +2305 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gentoo.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1117 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1117
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23701
X-Force: 18149
SecurityFocus: 11700 - Gentoo ChessBrain EBuild Insecure Default Permissions Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 28868 - ChessBrain 20407 and earlier Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via Programs Modification, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 12:14
Updated: 07/01/2021 09:22
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 (52), 03/12/2017 08:54 (12), 07/01/2021 09:22 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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