Liferea 1.4.5 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Liferea 1.4.5. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2007-5751. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Liferea 1.4.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Liferea before 1.4.6 uses weak permissions (0644) for the feedlist.opml backup file, which allows local users to obtain credentials.

The bug was discovered 10/29/2007. The weakness was published 10/31/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at sourceforge.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-5751 since 10/31/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27810 (Fedora 8 : liferea-1.2.23-5.fc8 (2007-2853)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38156), Tenable (27810), SecurityFocus (BID 26254†), OSVDB (40649†) and Secunia (SA27438†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 27810
Nessus Name: Fedora 8 : liferea-1.2.23-5.fc8 (2007-2853)
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OpenVAS ID: 861300
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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03/16/2015 +2682 days 🔍
07/29/2019 +1596 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-5751 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5751
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39505
X-Force: 38156
SecurityFocus: 26254 - Liferea Feedlist.OPML Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 27438
OSVDB: 40649 - Liferea feedlist.opml Weak Permissions Local Information Disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 16754 - Liferea < 1.4.6 feedlist.opml Backup File Weak Permissions, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/29/2019 18:00
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (76), 07/29/2019 18:00 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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