htop 0.7 Terminal information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in htop 0.7. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Terminal. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-5076. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in htop 0.7 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Terminal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

htop 0.7 writes process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact via a process name with "crazy control strings."

The bug was discovered 11/01/2008. The weakness was presented 11/14/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at openwall.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5076 since 11/14/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34829 (Fedora 9 : htop-0.8.1-2.fc9 (2008-9728)), 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 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46321), Tenable (34829), SecurityFocus (BID 32081†), OSVDB (50297†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20076†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 34829
Nessus Name: Fedora 9 : htop-0.8.1-2.fc9 (2008-9728)
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OpenVAS ID: 860393
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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11/01/2008 🔍
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11/03/2008 +2 days 🔍
11/14/2008 +11 days 🔍
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11/19/2008 +5 days 🔍
11/21/2008 +2 days 🔍
12/01/2008 +10 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2297 days 🔍
08/21/2019 +1618 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5076 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5076
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45023
X-Force: 46321
SecurityFocus: 32081 - htop Hidden Process Name Input Filtering Vulnerability
OSVDB: 50297 - CVE-2008-5076 - htop - File Modifcation Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20076 - Htop 0.7 Display Manipulation Vulnerability Allows Local Attackers to Hide Processes, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/21/2019 09:59
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (72), 08/21/2019 09:59 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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