VDB-85573 · OSVDB 35632 · GCVE-100-85573

BibTeX aboutinfo.php bibtexrootrel Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in BibTeX. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file aboutinfo.php. This manipulation of the argument bibtexrootrel causes an unknown weakness. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in BibTeX (unknown version). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file aboutinfo.php. The manipulation of the argument bibtexrootrel with an unknown input leads to a unknown weakness. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was presented 04/22/2007 by InyeXion (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. Technical details are known, 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:aboutinfo.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 (35632†). See VDB-85563, VDB-85564, VDB-85565 and VDB-85566 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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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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Status: Not defined
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05/08/2016 +3290 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

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

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-85573
OSVDB: 35632 - bibtex mase aboutinfo.php bibtexrootrel Parameter Remote File Inclusion

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 21:56
Changes: 05/08/2016 21:56 (40)
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Cache ID: 216:14A:103

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