VDB-94842 · OSVDB 15726 · GCVE-100-94842

Sendmail /etc/shadow Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sendmail. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /etc/shadow. The manipulation results in an unknown weakness. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sendmail (Mail Server Software) (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing of the file /etc/shadow. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was disclosed 09/12/1984 by Keith Muller as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. Technical details and a exploit are known.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 $5k-$25k.

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 (15726†). The entries VDB-94843 and VDB-94839 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/12/1984 🔍
09/12/1984 +0 days 🔍
04/20/2005 +7524 days 🔍
01/02/2017 +4274 days 🔍
07/13/2020 +1288 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Keith Muller
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94842
OSVDB: 15726 - Sendmail -C Arbitrary Privilege File Disclosure

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/02/2017 17:16
Updated: 07/13/2020 07:29
Changes: 01/02/2017 17:16 (41), 07/13/2020 07:29 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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