freenx up to 0.2.7 nxagent Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in freenx up to 0.2.7. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component nxagent. The manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0579. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in freenx up to 0.2.7. Affected is some unknown processing of the component nxagent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

nxagent in freenx before 0.2.8 does not properly handle when the xauthority environment variable is not set which allows local users to access the x server without x authentication.

The bug was discovered 02/28/2005. The weakness was presented 02/25/2005 with SuSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at linuxcompatible.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0579 since 02/27/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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 (19499), SecurityFocus (BID 12663†), OSVDB (14250†), Secunia (SA14402†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11762†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• freenx

Version

• 0.2.0
• 0.2.1
• 0.2.2
• 0.2.3
• 0.2.4
• 0.2.5
• 0.2.6
• 0.2.7

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CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
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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: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/25/2005 🔍
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02/27/2005 +2 days 🔍
02/28/2005 +1 days 🔍
06/04/2006 +461 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3201 days 🔍
06/19/2019 +1562 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: linuxcompatible.org
Organization: SuSE
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0579 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0579
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23988
X-Force: 19499
SecurityFocus: 12663 - FreeNX Local X Server Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 14402
OSVDB: 14250 - CVE-2005-0579 - FreeNX - Authentication Bypass Issue
Vulnerability Center: 11762 - FreeNX Allows Local Users to Access the X Server Without X Authentication, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 06/19/2019 20:49
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (53), 06/19/2019 20:49 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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