GNU Enscript up to 1.6.3 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GNU Enscript up to 1.6.3. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-1185. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNU Enscript up to 1.6.3. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Enscript 1.6.3 does not sanitize filenames, which allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands via crafted filenames.

The bug was discovered 01/21/2005. The weakness was presented 01/21/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1185 since 12/13/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16238 (Debian DSA-654-1 : enscript - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116423 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7 and Security Update 2009-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2009-05-12)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19029), Tenable (16238), SecurityFocus (BID 12329†), OSVDB (13155†) and Secunia (SA35074†). See VDB-3978, VDB-30376, VDB-40710 and VDB-42878 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 16238
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-654-1 : enscript - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 53487
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 654-1 (enscript)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-1185 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1185
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23858

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X-Force: 19029
SecurityFocus: 12329 - GNU Enscript Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35074
OSVDB: 13155 - enscript file name command execution
SecurityTracker: 1012965
Vulnerability Center: 7159 - Enscript 1.6.3 Allows Commands Execution via Crafted Filenames, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1297

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Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 05/30/2019 12:14
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (70), 05/30/2019 12:14 (12)
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