mock scm Plug-in access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in mock. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component scm Plug-in. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-6299. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in mock (affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component scm Plug-in. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The scm plug-in in mock might allow attackers to bypass the intended chroot protection mechanism and gain root privileges via a crafted spec file.

The bug was discovered 09/13/2016. The weakness was shared 04/14/2017 by Martin (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-6299 since 07/26/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93571 (Fedora 24 : distribution-gpg-keys / mock (2016-145afea99e)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (93571) and SecurityFocus (BID 92948†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 93571
Nessus Name: Fedora 24 : distribution-gpg-keys / mock (2016-145afea99e)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mock FEDORA-2016-5a12527790
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/26/2016 🔍
09/13/2016 +49 days 🔍
09/13/2016 +0 days 🔍
09/16/2016 +3 days 🔍
09/19/2016 +3 days 🔍
04/14/2017 +207 days 🔍
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04/15/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/29/2022 +2054 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2016-145afea99e
Researcher: Martin
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-6299 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6299
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99884
SecurityFocus: 92948 - mock CVE-2016-6299 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-6299 - Mock - Privilege Escalation Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2017 15:29
Updated: 11/29/2022 13:43
Changes: 04/15/2017 15:29 (71), 08/31/2020 12:53 (4), 11/29/2022 13:43 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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