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File utility possible privilege escalation

Secunia Advisory:

SA8224

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Release Date:

2003-03-05

Popularity:

8,313 views

Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Privilege escalation

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Conectiva Linux 6.0
Conectiva Linux 7.0
Conectiva Linux 8
Debian GNU/Linux 2.x
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
EnGarde Secure Community 1.x
Gentoo Linux
Mandrake Linux 7.x
Mandrake Linux 8.x
Mandrake Linux 9.x
Red Hat Linux 6.2
Red Hat Linux 7.0
Red Hat Linux 7.1
Red Hat Linux 7.2
Red Hat Linux 7.3
Red Hat Linux 8.0
Sun Linux 5.x
SuSE Linux 7.x
SuSE Linux 8.x
Trustix Linux 1.0
Trustix Linux 1.1
Trustix Linux 1.2
Trustix Linux 1.5

Software:

file 3.x

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Description:
A boundary error identified in the utility "file" included in many *nix distributions can potentially be exploited by malicious users to escalate their privileges.

By crafting a speciel malicious file a user can cause a buffer overflow and potentially escalate his privileges to any user tricked into viewing the malicious file using the "file" utility.

It has also been reported that a malicious user can escalate privileges without other user interaction. This can be achieved by executing a program, which uses the "file" utility when determinig file types. This would gain the user the same privileges as the program calling "file".

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