Tomasz Lutelmowski LutelWall up to 0.97 symlink

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Tomasz Lutelmowski LutelWall up to 0.97. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to symlink. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-1879. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tomasz Lutelmowski LutelWall up to 0.97 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

LutelWall 0.97 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system call to wget.

The bug was discovered 06/06/2005. The weakness was released 06/09/2005 by Eric Romang (Website). The advisory is available at zataz.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1879 since 06/08/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18467 (GLSA-200506-10 : LutelWall: Insecure temporary file creation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (18467), SecurityFocus (BID 13863†), OSVDB (17173†), Secunia (SA15647†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1014112†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 18467
Nessus Name: GLSA-200506-10 : LutelWall: Insecure temporary file creation
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OpenVAS ID: 54962
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200506-10 (LutelWall)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: zataz.net
Researcher: Eric Romang
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1879 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1879
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25466
SecurityFocus: 13863 - LutelWall Multiple Insecure File Creation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 15647 - LutelWall Insecure Temporary File Creation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 17173 - GLSA 200506-10 - LutelWall Insecure temporary file creation
SecurityTracker: 1014112
Vulnerability Center: 8351 - Symlink Attack in LutelWall 0.97 on Files Created by System Call to Wget, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/02/2019 14:06
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (72), 06/02/2019 14:06 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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