Pam Mount up to 0.41 Access Restriction access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pam Mount up to 0.41. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Access Restriction. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-3970. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Pam Mount up to 0.41. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Access Restriction. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

pam_mount 0.10 through 0.45, when luserconf is enabled, does not verify mountpoint and source ownership before mounting a user-defined volume, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a local mount.

The bug was discovered 09/04/2008. The weakness was presented 09/10/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3970 since 09/09/2008. 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 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34264 (SuSE 10 Security Update : pam_mount (ZYPP Patch Number 5602)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44960), Tenable (34264), SecurityFocus (BID 31041†), OSVDB (48348†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-19600†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• Pam Mount

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20
• 0.21
• 0.22
• 0.23
• 0.24
• 0.25
• 0.26
• 0.27
• 0.28
• 0.29
• 0.30
• 0.31
• 0.32
• 0.33
• 0.34
• 0.35
• 0.36
• 0.37
• 0.38
• 0.39
• 0.40
• 0.41

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.0
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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: 34264
Nessus Name: SuSE 10 Security Update : pam_mount (ZYPP Patch Number 5602)
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OpenVAS ID: 830662
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for mysql MDVA-2012:049 (mysql)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

09/04/2008 🔍
09/04/2008 +0 days 🔍
09/06/2008 +2 days 🔍
09/09/2008 +3 days 🔍
09/10/2008 +1 days 🔍
09/10/2008 +0 days 🔍
09/11/2008 +1 days 🔍
09/23/2008 +12 days 🔍
09/28/2008 +5 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2361 days 🔍
08/17/2019 +1614 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-3970 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3970
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43993
X-Force: 44960
SecurityFocus: 31041 - pam_mount 'luserconf' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 48348 - pam_mount - 'luserconf' Local Privilege Escalation Issue
Vulnerability Center: 19600 - Pam_Mount Vulnerability Allows Local Attacker to Execute Arbitrary Code with Elevated Privileges, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/17/2019 16:48
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (70), 08/17/2019 16:48 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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