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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in F-Secure Anti-Virus Internet Gatekeeper. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file dns_suid.cgi. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-3546. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in F-Secure Anti-Virus Internet Gatekeeper (Anti-Malware Software) (affected version not known) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file dns_suid.cgi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 09/29/2005. The weakness was disclosed 11/07/2005 by Xavier de Leon (Website). The advisory is shared at tigerteam.se. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3546. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as 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. The exploit is available 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 (20549†) and Secunia (SA17467†). The entries VDB-26879, VDB-83045, VDB-83046 and VDB-83047 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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-100-83057
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: 20549 - F-Secure Anti-Virus Internet Gatekeeper/Linux Gateway dns_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 17:39
Updated: 11/22/2024 18:51
Changes: 04/29/2016 17:39 (45), 11/04/2018 08:44 (15), 07/27/2022 14:11 (3), 07/27/2022 14:15 (7), 11/22/2024 18:51 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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