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ISS Products Application Protection Module Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19327
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Release Date:
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2006-03-24
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Popularity:
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6,863 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | BlackICE Agent for Server 3.x
BlackICE PC Protection 3.x
BlackICE Server Protection 3.x
ISS BlackICE PC Protection 2.x
RealSecure Desktop Protector 3.x
RealSecure Desktop Protector 7.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2711
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in multiple ISS products, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to the Application Protection module not dropping its privileges before invoking the help dialog. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary programs on the system with SYSTEM privileges.
The vulnerability has been reported in the following products:
* BlackIce PC Desktop for Windows 3.6
* BlackICE PC Protection (Consumer)
* BlackICE Server Protection (Consumer)
* BlackICE Agent for Server (Corporate)
* RealSecure Desktop 3.6 and 7.0 (Corporate)
Solution:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.
NOTE: The vulnerability does reportedly not affect Proventia Desktop (replacement product for RealSecure Desktop 3.6 and 7.0) or Proventia Server (replacement product for BlackICE Agent for Server).
Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered by anonymous person and reported via iDEFENSE.
Original Advisory:
iDEFENSE:
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=403
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