Multiple X.Org Products SetUID Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:19742

CVE-2006-4447 |

Info

Multiple X.Org Products SetUID Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 19742
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2006-4447
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 30 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 30 2007 10:58PM
Credit: Matthieu Herrb has been credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: X.org xterm 214
X.org xorg-server 1.02-r5
X.org xload 1.0.0
X.org xinit 1.0.2-r5
X.org xf86dga 1.0.0
X.org xdm 1.0.3
X.org X11R7 1.0.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
 X.org X11R7 1.0.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
 X.org X11R7 1.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
 X.org X11R6 6.8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
 X.org X11R6 6.8.1
X.org X11R6 6.8
X.org X11R6 6.7 .0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ SCO Unixware 7.1.4
+ SCO Unixware 7.1.3 up
 + SCO Unixware 7.1.3
+ SCO Unixware 7.1.1
X.org X.org 6.9
X.org emu-linux-x87-xlibs 7.0-r1
Trustix Secure Linux 3.0
Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
Trustix Operating System Enterprise Server 2.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable: X.org xtrans 1.0.0-r1
X.org xterm 215
X.org xorg-server 1.0.2-r6
X.org xload 1.0.1-r1
X.org xinit 1.0.2-r6
X.org xf86dga 1.0.1-r1
X.org xdm 1.0.4-R1
X.org X11R6 6.9
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
 X.org libx11 1.0.1-r1
X.org emu-linux-x86-xlibs 7.0-r2
BEAST/BSE BEAST/BSE 0.7.1

Discussion

Multiple X.Org Products SetUID Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Multiple X.org products are prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to gain superuser privileges. A successful exploit would lead to the complete compromise of the affected computer.

Exploit / POC

Multiple X.Org Products SetUID Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

To trigger this issue, an attacker creates the maximum amount of processes plus one additional process.

Solution / Fix

Multiple X.Org Products SetUID Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released patches to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


X.org X.org 6.9

Trustix Secure Linux 2.2

Trustix Secure Linux 3.0

References

Multiple X.Org Products SetUID Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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