valgrind up to 3.4.0 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in valgrind. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-4865. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in valgrind. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse .valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common scenario.

The bug was discovered 10/27/2008. The weakness was released 10/31/2008 (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4865 since 10/31/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40146 (openSUSE Security Update : valgrind (valgrind-321)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165646 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2009:002)).

Upgrading to version 3.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46372), Tenable (40146), OSVDB (50262†), Secunia (SA33568†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20138†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-36551, VDB-39487, VDB-45741 and VDB-45645. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
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VulDB Base Score: 8.4
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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 40146
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : valgrind (valgrind-321)
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OpenVAS ID: 63350
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200902-03 (valgrind)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: valgrind 3.1.0

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10/27/2008 🔍
10/31/2008 +4 days 🔍
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11/21/2008 +21 days 🔍
12/07/2008 +16 days 🔍
01/19/2009 +43 days 🔍
07/21/2009 +183 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2065 days 🔍
08/21/2019 +1618 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-4865 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4865
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44796
X-Force: 46372
Secunia: 33568 - SUSE Update for Multiple Packages, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50262 - CVE-2008-4865 - Valgrind - Untrusted Search Path Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20138 - Valgrind Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability Allows Local Programs Execution, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/21/2019 12:59
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (74), 08/21/2019 12:59 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:49A:103

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