BMC Control M Agent Insecure File Permission Vulnerability

BID:15167

Info

BMC Control M Agent Insecure File Permission Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15167
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 22 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 22 2005 12:00AM
Credit: [email protected] is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: BMC Software Control-M Agent 6.1 .03
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

BMC Control M Agent Insecure File Permission Vulnerability

BMC Control M Agent creates temporary files in an insecure manner.

The application creates temporary files in an insecure manner. An attacker with local access could potentially exploit this issue to overwrite files in the context of the application.

Exploitation would most likely result in loss of data or a denial of service if critical files are overwritten in the attack. Other attacks may be possible as well.

BMC Control M Agent version 6.1.03 is affected; earlier version may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

BMC Control M Agent Insecure File Permission Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

BMC Control M Agent Insecure File Permission Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has been notified of this vulnerability and has created problem ticket number BMPM010114 as a reference to this issue; a fix will be implemented in a future release.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

BMC Control M Agent Insecure File Permission Vulnerability

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