Freshmeat Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit 1.6.3 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Freshmeat Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit 1.6.3. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-4302. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Freshmeat Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit 1.6.3. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple race conditions in certain system call wrappers in Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit (GSWTK) allow local users to defeat system call interposition and possibly gain privileges or bypass auditing.

The weakness was published 08/13/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at watson.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-4302 since 08/13/2007. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.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 (30464), SecurityFocus (BID 25251†) and Secunia (SA26469†). Similar entries are available at VDB-38288, VDB-38287 and VDB-38286. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Timelineinfo

08/09/2007 🔍
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03/15/2015 +2768 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: watson.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-4302 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4302
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38285
SecurityFocus: 25251 - GSWTK Multiple System Call Wrappers Concurrency Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26469 - Generic Software Wrappers Toolkit Multiple Race Condition Vulnerabilities, Less Critical

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

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 12/29/2024 19:13
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (55), 10/26/2017 09:18 (2), 12/29/2024 19:13 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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