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SCO UnixWare "pkgadd" Directory Traversal Privilege Escalation

Secunia Advisory: SA29657  
Release Date: 2008-04-04
Last Update: 2008-04-08

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

OS:UnixWare 7.x.x


CVE reference:CVE-2008-0310 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in SCO UnixWare, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to the "pkgadd" command not properly filtering a certain environment variable. This can be exploited to add user accounts or gain escalated privileges by overwriting system files via directory traversal sequences (e.g. "../").

This is related to:
SA29370

Successful exploitation allows gaining root privileges, but requires that the attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands.

The vulnerability is reported in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and 7.1.4. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Apply patches.
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=324
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p534589b/p534589b.txt
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/713/security/p534589b_713/p534589b.txt

Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered by an anonymous person and reported via iDefense Labs.

Changelog:
2008-04-04: Added reference to related SA29370.
2008-04-08: Added UnixWare 7.1.3 to the list of affected products in the "Description". Added links to the "Original Advisory" and "Solution" sections.

Original Advisory:
iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=676

SCO:
http://www.sco.com/support/update/download/release.php?rid=324
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/714/security/p534589b/p534589b.txt
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/713/security/p534589b_713/p534589b.txt

Other References:
SA29370:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29370/

Extended Solution:
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