Veritas Cluster Server up to 4.0 on Unix privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Veritas Cluster Server up to 4.0 on Unix. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2004-2205. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Veritas Cluster Server up to 4.0 on Unix. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unknown vulnerability in Veritas Cluster Server 1.0.1 through 4.0 allows local users to gain root access via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 10/15/2004. The weakness was released 10/14/2004 with Veritas (Website). The advisory is available at seer.support.veritas.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-2205 since 07/11/2005. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at seer.support.veritas.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17719), SecurityFocus (BID 11421†), OSVDB (10757†), Secunia (SA12833†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1011693†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Upgrade: Cluster Server 4.0
Patch: seer.support.veritas.com

Timelineinfo

10/14/2004 🔍
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10/15/2004 +1 days 🔍
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07/11/2005 +192 days 🔍
06/29/2019 +5101 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seer.support.veritas.com
Researcher: http://www.veritas.com
Organization: Veritas
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-2205 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2205
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-906
X-Force: 17719 - Symantec VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) allows unauthorized root access, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 11421 - Veritas Cluster Server Superuser Compromise Vulnerability
Secunia: 12833 - VERITAS Cluster Server Unspecified System Compromise Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 10757 - VERITAS Cluster Unspecified Remote Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1011693

Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2004 11:27
Updated: 06/29/2019 16:47
Changes: 10/18/2004 11:27 (78), 06/29/2019 16:47 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:50D:103

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