GPG Suite prior 2015.06 installerHelper installPackage xmlPath command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GPG Suite. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function installPackage of the component installerHelper. This manipulation of the argument xmlPath causes command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-4677. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GPG Suite. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function installPackage of the component installerHelper. The manipulation of the argument xmlPath with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The installPackage function in the installerHelper subcomponent in Libmacgpg in GPG Suite before 2015.06 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via shell metacharacters in the xmlPath argument.

The bug was discovered 08/14/2015. The weakness was disclosed 02/23/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at gpgtools.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-4677 since 06/26/2014. Attacking locally is a requirement. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 558 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2015.06 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GPG Suite 2015.06

Timelineinfo

06/26/2014 🔍
08/14/2015 +414 days 🔍
02/22/2017 +558 days 🔍
02/23/2017 +1 days 🔍
02/23/2017 +0 days 🔍
09/02/2020 +1287 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gpgtools.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-4677 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4677
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97207
OSVDB: - CVE-2014-4677 - GPG Suite - Privilege Escalation Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 02/23/2017 09:39
Updated: 09/02/2020 12:15
Changes: 02/23/2017 09:39 (58), 09/02/2020 12:15 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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