VDB-85572 · OSVDB 35631 · GCVE-100-85572

BibTeX clear.php bibtexrootrel Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BibTeX and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file clear.php. The manipulation of the argument bibtexrootrel results in an unknown weakness. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in BibTeX (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the file clear.php. The manipulation of the argument bibtexrootrel with an unknown input leads to a unknown weakness. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was disclosed 04/22/2007 by InyeXion (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:clear.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 vulnerability database at OSVDB (35631†). The entries VDB-85563, VDB-85564, VDB-85565 and VDB-85566 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: InyeXion
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-85572
OSVDB: 35631 - bibtex mase clear.php bibtexrootrel Parameter Remote File Inclusion

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