frox 0.7.18 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in frox 0.7.18. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2005-2807. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in frox 0.7.18. This affects an unknown function. 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. The summary by CVE is:

frox 0.7.18 when running setuid root does not properly drop privileges when reading a configuration file which allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via the -f command line option.

The weakness was shared 09/07/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2807 since 09/07/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 Exploit-DB (26218) and SecurityFocus (BID 14711†). The entry VDB-26230 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/01/2005 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3472 days 🔍
12/28/2024 +3580 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2807 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2807
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26229
SecurityFocus: 14711 - Frox Arbitrary Configuration File Access Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 12/28/2024 16:45
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (42), 07/11/2018 04:08 (6), 12/28/2024 16:45 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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