Os-cillation Xfce Terminal 0.2.6 terminal/terminal.c terminal_helper_execute privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Os-cillation Xfce Terminal 0.2.6 and classified as critical. The impacted element is the function terminal_helper_execute of the file terminal/terminal.c of the component Terminal. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-3770. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Os-cillation Xfce Terminal 0.2.6. This affects the function terminal_helper_execute of the file terminal/terminal.c of the component Terminal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The terminal_helper_execute function in terminal/terminal.c in Xfce Terminal 0.2.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a crafted link, as demonstrated using the "Open Link" functionality.

The weakness was presented 07/10/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.gentoo.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-3770 since 07/15/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 28100 (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : xfce4-terminal vulnerability (USN-497-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks.

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 (35379), Tenable (28100), SecurityFocus (BID 24889†), OSVDB (38082†) and Secunia (SA26037†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 28100
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : xfce4-terminal vulnerability (USN-497-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 58690
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1393-1 (xfce4-terminal)
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03/15/2015 +2682 days 🔍
07/21/2021 +2320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.gentoo.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-3770 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3770
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37803

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X-Force: 35379
SecurityFocus: 24889 - Xfce-Terminal Remote Command Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 26037 - Xfce Terminal "Open Link" Command Injection Security Issue, Not Critical
OSVDB: 38082 - Xfce Terminal terminal/terminal.c terminal_helper_execute FunctionOpen Crafted Link Command Injection
Vulnerability Center: 15887 - Xfce Terminal Vulnerability Allows User-Assisted Remote Attacker to Inject Arbitrary Commands, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/21/2021 08:11
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (64), 08/19/2017 09:51 (13), 07/21/2021 08:11 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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