F-Secure Anti-Virus Internet Gatekeeper htpasswd_suid.cgi privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in F-Secure Anti-Virus Internet Gatekeeper. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file htpasswd_suid.cgi. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-3546. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in F-Secure Anti-Virus Internet Gatekeeper (Anti-Malware Software) (unknown version). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file htpasswd_suid.cgi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 09/29/2005. The weakness was presented 11/07/2005 by Xavier de Leon (Website). The advisory is shared at tigerteam.se. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3546. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Xavier de Leon and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 39 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 X-Force (22966), Exploit-DB (1297), SecurityFocus (BID 15339†), OSVDB (20545†) and Secunia (SA17467†). See VDB-26879, VDB-83045, VDB-83046 and VDB-83047 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Xavier de Leon
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: f-secure.com

Advisory: tigerteam.se
Researcher: Xavier de Leon
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3546 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3546
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-83053
X-Force: 22966
SecurityFocus: 15339 - F-Secure Anti-Virus Gatekeeper and Gateway for Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 17467 - F-Secure Anti-Virus Internet Gatekeeper/Linux Gateway Privilege Escalation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 20545 - F-Secure Anti-Virus Internet Gatekeeper/Linux Gateway htpasswd_suid.cgi Local Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1015159

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

Created: 04/29/2016 17:26
Updated: 11/22/2024 18:51
Changes: 04/29/2016 17:26 (45), 11/04/2018 08:42 (15), 07/27/2022 13:33 (3), 07/27/2022 13:38 (7), 11/22/2024 18:51 (15)
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