WinCVS 2.1.1.1 WinCvs.exe privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in WinCVS 2.1.1.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file WinCvs.exe. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in WinCVS 2.1.1.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file WinCvs.exe. 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 weakness was shared 10/25/2016 by John Page (hyp3rlinx) as wincvs-2.0.2.4 Privilege Escalation as not defined mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

A public exploit has been developed by John Page and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at seclists.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WinCVS

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• 2.1.1.1

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