FOG up to 1.5.10 NFS Share Mount lib/common/functions.sh configureNFS unnecessary privileges

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A vulnerability was found in FOG up to 1.5.10 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function configureNFS in the library lib/common/functions.sh of the component NFS Share Mount Handler. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-34477. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in FOG up to 1.5.10. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function configureNFS in the library lib/common/functions.sh of the component NFS Share Mount Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

configureNFS in lib/common/functions.sh in FOG through 1.5.10 allows local users to gain privileges by mounting a crafted NFS share (because of no_root_squash and insecure). In order to exploit the vulnerability, someone needs to mount an NFS share in order to add an executable file as root. In addition, the SUID bit must be added to this file.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-34477 since 05/04/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/26/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• FOG

Version

• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8
• 1.5.9
• 1.5.10

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