uim 0.4.5 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in uim 0.4.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0503. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in uim 0.4.5. This issue affects an 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. The summary by CVE is:

uim before 0.4.5.1 trusts certain environment variables when libuim is used in setuid or setgid applications which allows local users to gain privileges.

The bug was discovered 02/21/2005. The weakness was shared 02/21/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0503 since 02/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 19183 (FreeBSD : uim -- privilege escalation vulnerability (fb03b1c6-8a8a-11d9-81f7-02023f003c9f)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19397), Tenable (19183), SecurityFocus (BID 12604†), OSVDB (14013†) and Secunia (SA13981†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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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Nessus ID: 19183
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : uim -- privilege escalation vulnerability (fb03b1c6-8a8a-11d9-81f7-02023f003c9f)
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OpenVAS ID: 52168
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ja-uim
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0503 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0503
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23969
X-Force: 19397
SecurityFocus: 12604 - UIM LibUIM Environment Variables Privilege Escalation Weakness
Secunia: 13981
OSVDB: 14013 - MDKSA-2005-046 - Updated uim packages fix vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 7167 - UIM < 0.4.5.1 Allows Privilege Elevation, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 06/05/2019 17:56
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (69), 06/05/2019 17:56 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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