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Zabbix "UserParameter" Privilege Escalation Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27903
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Release Date:
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2007-12-03
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Last Update:
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2007-12-12
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Popularity:
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3,981 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | ZABBIX 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-6210
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Description:
A weakness has been reported in Zabbix, which can be exploited by malicious users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The weakness is caused due to the "daemon_start()" function in src/libs/zbxnix/daemon.c not correctly dropping the privileges. This can be exploited to e.g. execute "UserParameter" scripts as group "root".
This affects the agent for UNIX-like operating systems only.
The weakness is reported in version 1.4.2. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 1.4.3.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Bas van Schaik
Changelog:
2007-12-04: Added CVE reference.
2007-12-12: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8400
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=452682
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