Ubuntu shadow 5.04 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Ubuntu shadow 5.04. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3378. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Ubuntu shadow 5.04. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits.

The bug was discovered 07/05/2006. The weakness was shared 07/06/2006 by Ilja van Sprundel (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ubuntu.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3378 since 07/06/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22692 (Debian DSA-1150-1 : shadow - programming error), 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. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27754), Tenable (22692), SecurityFocus (BID 18850†), OSVDB (26995†) and Secunia (SA20950†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 22692
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1150-1 : shadow - programming error
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ubuntu.com

Advisory: ubuntu.com
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-3378 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3378
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31159
X-Force: 27754
SecurityFocus: 18850 - Ubuntu Linux Passwd Potential Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 20950
OSVDB: 26995 - shadow setuid Failure Local Privilege Escalation
Vulnerability Center: 15462 - Ubuntu Linux Passwd Command Vulnerability Allows Local User to Gain Root Privileges, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 07/21/2019 06:30
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (72), 07/21/2019 06:30 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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