Inotify Incron File Permission Bypass Weakness

BID:22305

Info

Inotify Incron File Permission Bypass Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 22305
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-0636
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 30 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 12 2015 07:35PM
Credit: This issue was disclosed by the vendor.
Vulnerable: Inotify Incron 0.3.4
Inotify Incron 0.3.3
Inotify Incron 0.3.2
Inotify Incron 0.3.1
Inotify Incron 0.3
Not Vulnerable: Inotify Incron 0.3.5

Discussion

Inotify Incron File Permission Bypass Weakness

Inotify Incron is prone to a local security-bypass weakness that may permit attackers to monitor arbitrary files with elevated privileges.

An attacker may be able to exploit this issue to gain potentially sensitive information about arbitrary files.

Exploit / POC

Solution / Fix

Inotify Incron File Permission Bypass Weakness

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in Incron 0.3.5 and later versions.


Inotify Incron 0.3

Inotify Incron 0.3.1

Inotify Incron 0.3.2

Inotify Incron 0.3.3

Inotify Incron 0.3.4

References

Inotify Incron File Permission Bypass Weakness

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