pwdutils 3.0.4 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in pwdutils 3.0.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-3503. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in pwdutils 3.0.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

chfn in pwdutils 3.0.4 and earlier on suse linux and possibly other operating systems does not properly check arguments for the gecos field which allows local users to gain privileges.

The bug was discovered 11/12/2005. The weakness was disclosed 11/05/2005 by Hunger with SuSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.suse.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3503 since 11/05/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Hunger and been published 3 days after the advisory. The exploit is available at immunitysec.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 X-Force (23042), Exploit-DB (1299), SecurityFocus (BID 15314†), OSVDB (20525†) and Secunia (SA17469†). The entries VDB-82, VDB-332, VDB-333 and VDB-427 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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
Author: Hunger
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: lists.suse.com
Researcher: Hunger
Organization: SuSE
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3503 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3503
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26852
X-Force: 23042
SecurityFocus: 15314 - CHFN User Modification Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 17469 - SUSE update for pwdutils/shadow, Less Critical
OSVDB: 20525 - SUSE Linux pwdutils chfn Local Privilege Escalation
Vulnerability Center: 22293 - chfn in pwdutils 3.0.4 and earlier on SuSE Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High

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

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 12/29/2024 21:17
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (72), 09/05/2019 09:52 (1), 12/29/2024 21:17 (16)
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