CVE-2008-0884

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0884
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-04 00:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-732 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Red Hat lspp-eal4-config-ibm and capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp Labeled Security Protection Profile Scripts Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat lspp-eal4-config-ibm / capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Red Hat 'capp-lspp-config' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 435442 – CVE-2008-0884 system-auth-ac is world-writable af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2008-0884 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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