Debian ppxp privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Debian ppxp. It has been declared as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0392. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Debian ppxp (version now known) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects 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. CVE summarizes:

ppxp does not drop root privileges before opening log files, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

The bug was discovered 05/19/2005. The weakness was released 05/19/2005 by Jens Steube (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0392 since 02/14/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18304 (Debian DSA-725-2 : ppxp - missing privilege release), 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (18304), SecurityFocus (BID 13681†), OSVDB (16686†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8119†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for 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: 18304
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-725-2 : ppxp - missing privilege release
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OpenVAS ID: 53552
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 725-1 (ppxp)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: debian.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Jens Steube
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0392 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0392
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25276
SecurityFocus: 13681 - PPXP Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 16686 - PPxP gain privilege
Vulnerability Center: 8119 - Local Privileges Escalation in PPxP via Log Files, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/01/2019 20:58
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (66), 06/01/2019 20:58 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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