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ISP Manager "responder" Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27585
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Release Date:
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2007-11-20
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Last Update:
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2007-12-03
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Popularity:
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3,745 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: | ISP Manager 4.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-6182
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Description:
Andrew Christensen has reported a vulnerability in ISP Manager, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error within the setuid-binary usr/local/ispmgr/sbin/responder when handling arguments and can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
The vulnerability is reported in version 4.2.15.1. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Grant only trusted users access to the affected system.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Andrew Christensen, FortConsult
Changelog:
2007-12-03: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.fortconsult.net/images/pdf/advisories/ispmgr_nov2007.pdf
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