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Beagle "beagle-status" Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA19278
Release Date: 2006-03-17
Last Update: 2006-03-21
Popularity: 8,037 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Beagle 0.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
James McCaw has discovered a vulnerability in Beagle, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to the "beagle-status" script running the "beagle-info" script insecurely by giving preference to the copy that is located within the user's current working directory. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands by tricking the user to run "beagle-status" from a directory that contains a malicious copy of "beagle-info".

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 0.2.2.1. Other versions may also be affected.

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