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OpenBase SQL "openexec" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22742
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Release Date:
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2006-11-08
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Last Update:
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2006-11-16
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Popularity:
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5,730 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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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | OpenBase SQL 10.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5851
CVE-2006-5852
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Description:
Kevin Finisterre has reported two vulnerabilities in OpenBase SQL, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform actions with escalated privileges.
1) An error exists in /Library/OpenBase/bin/openexec as various programs are invoked without an absolute pathname and has the "setuid" bit set. This can be exploited to perform certain actions with "root" privileges.
2) The temporary file "/tmp/output" is created insecurely by /Library/OpenBase/bin/openexec. This can be exploited to create arbitrary root-owned, world-writable files via symlink attacks.
The vulnerabilities are reported in version 10.0. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The vulnerabilities are reportedly fixed in version 10.0.1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Kevin Finisterre
Changelog:
2006-11-16: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2006-1107a%5D.txt
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