VDB-94866 · OSVDB 614 · GCVE-100-94866

Unix News uux Path privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Unix. This affects an unknown part of the component News uux Path Handler. The manipulation results in privileges management. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Unix (Operating System) (affected version not known). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component News uux Path Handler. 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.

The weakness was released 01/15/1986 (Website). The advisory is available at securitydigest.org. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (614†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-94868, VDB-94869, VDB-94870 and VDB-94871. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/15/1986 🔍
01/15/1986 +0 days 🔍
09/12/2002 +6084 days 🔍
01/02/2017 +5225 days 🔍
07/13/2020 +1288 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securitydigest.org
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94866
OSVDB: 614 - Unix news uux Path Subversion Arbitrary Command Execution

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

Created: 01/02/2017 17:17
Updated: 07/13/2020 10:35
Changes: 01/02/2017 17:17 (40), 07/13/2020 10:35 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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